Definitions for FILM
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 4 votes

1. movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flicknoun

   a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

   "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"

2. film, cinema, celluloidnoun

   a medium that disseminates moving pictures

   "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"

3. film, photographic filmnoun

   photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

4. filmnoun

   a thin coating or layer

   "the table was covered with a film of dust"

5. film, plastic filmverb

   a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things

6. film, shoot, takeverb

   make a film or photograph of something

   "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"

7. filmverb

   record in film

   "The coronation was filmed"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Filmnoun

   (Photog.) The layer, usually of gelatin or collodion, containing the sensitive salts of photographic plates.

2. Filmnoun

   (Photog.) a flexible sheet of celluloid or other plastic material to which a light-sensitive layer has been applied, used for recording images by the processes of photography. It is commonly used in rolls mounted within light-proof canisters suitable for simple insertion into cameras designed for such canisters. On such rolls, varying numbers of photographs may be taken before the canister needs to be replaced.

3. Filmnoun

   a motion picture.

4. Filmnoun

   the art of making motion pictures; -- used mostly in the phrase the film.

5. Filmnoun

   a thin transparent sheet of plastic, used for wrapping objects; as, polyethylene film.

6. Filmnoun

   hence, any thin layer covering a surface.

7. Filmverb

   to make a motion picture of (any event or literary work); to record with a movie camera; as, to film the inauguration ceremony; to film Dostoevsky's War and Peace.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. filmnoun

   A thin layer of some substance.

2. filmnoun

   A medium used to capture images in a camera.

3. filmnoun

   A motion picture.

4. filmverb

   To record a motion picture on photographic film

   "A Hollywood studio was filming on-location in NYC."

5. filmverb

   To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

   It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. uE000106912uE001 Shakespeare.

6. Etymology: From filme, from filmen, from filminjan (compare felmōn), from pélno-mo, from pel(w)-. Cognate with filmene, vel, Fell, fjäll, fille, plėvē 'membrane, scab', Russian plevá 'membrane', Greek pélma 'foot sole'. More at fell. Sense of a thin coat of something is 1577, extended by 1845 to the coating of chemical gel on photographic plates. By 1895 this also meant the coating plus the paper or celluloid.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FILMnoun

   A thin pellicle or skin.

   Etymology: fylmeha, Saxon.

   While the silver needle did work upon the sight of his eye, to remove the film of the cataract, he never saw any thing more clear or perfect than that white needle. Francis Bacon, N. Hist.

   Michael from Adam’s eyes the film remov’d,
   Which that false fruit that promis’d clearer sight
   Had bred. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii. l. 412.

   A stone is held up by the films of the bladder, and so kept from grating or offending it. John Graunt, Bills of Mortality.

   There is not one infidel so ridiculous as to pretend to solve the phænomena of sight, fancy, or cogitation, by those fleeting superficial films of bodies. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

   He from thick films shall purge the visual ray,
   And on the sightless eyeballs pour the day. Alexander Pope, Messiah.

2. To Filmverb

   To cover with a pellicle or thin skin.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   It will but skin and film the ulcerous place,
   Whilst rank corruption, mining all within,
   Infects unseen. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

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1. film

   Film refers to a medium that captures, records, and reproduces moving visual images, typically with accompanying audio, for the purpose of entertainment, cultural expression, education, or documentation. It involves the creation and manipulation of sequential frames, which when played back rapidly, give the illusion of motion. Films serve as a powerful storytelling tool, offering a diverse range of narratives, genres, and artistic expressions to engage and captivate audiences.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Filmnoun

   a thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering

2. Filmnoun

   a slender thread, as that of a cobweb

3. Filmverb

   to cover with a thin skin or pellicle

4. Etymology: [AS. film skin, fr. fell skin; akin to fylmen membrane, OFries. filmene skin. See Fell skin.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Film

   film, n. a thin skin or membrane: a very slender thread: the coating on a plate prepared to act as a medium for taking a picture.—v.t. to cover with a film, or thin skin.—n. Film′iness.—adj. Film′y, composed of film or membranes. [A.S. filmen, extended from fell, a skin.]

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1. film

   The film symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the film symbol and its characteristic.

2. FILM

   What does FILM stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FILM acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FILM

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Film is ranked #153769 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Film surname appeared 106 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Film.
   
   91.5% or 97 total occurrences were White.
   4.7% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FILM' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1013

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FILM' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1120

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FILM' in Nouns Frequency: #312

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Anagrams for FILM »

1. MILF

How to pronounce FILM?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say FILM in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FILM in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FILM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of FILM in a Sentence

1. Derik Murray:

   We were always wanting to make the film, but we thought, 'What do we know beyond him being this uber-talent?' it wasn't really until about a year and a bit ago that we started to put together some of the pieces that were beyond Heath Ledger on the screen.

2. Keanu Reeves:

   Her character has a lot of circumstances; she is an abusive relationship with her husband, she is fighting for her sons’ life who is accused of killing his father, and I think part of the entertainment aspect of it is being affected by the emotions of that and then dealing with the perspectives... I would say it’s a shocking kind of emotional engagement... The 52-year-old actor said the film has many layers.

3. Ed Royce:

   Once you capitulate to one dictator, does that mean that the next dictator or the next terrorist that says you're not going to make a comedy about -- or a film at all about ISIS, all of us in public life have a responsibility right now to speak out and to say, 'No, Sony, you did the wrong thing' and to say to Hollywood, come behind -- the other studios should come behind Sony and offer their support.

4. Tom Cruise:

   Our priority will always be warfighting, and training combat-ready Naval aviation forces... That being said, we believe we can support the film and simultaneously achieve training objectives.

5. Director Rian Johnson:

   The first film was this incredible explosion of adventure and excitement that sets up these characters and then just out of necessity it's very natural that in the second film that we start zooming in on the characters.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=FILM
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=FILM
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Film
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=FILM
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/FILM
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=FILM
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=FILM