Meaning of film In English

• 0 a series of moving pictures, usually shown in a cinema or on television and often telling a story:

  • What's your favourite film?

  • We took the children to (see) a film.

  • She had a long career in films/film (= the business of making films).

  • a film star/critic

  • the film industry

  • a film-maker

  • Her last film was shot (= made) on location in South America.

  • I hate people talking while I'm watching a film.

  • Would you like to go and see a film tonight?

• 1 (a length of) dark plastic-like material that can record images as photographs or as a moving picture:

  • a roll of film

  • a 24 exposure/16 mm/high-speed film

  • A passer-by recorded the incident on film.

  • I'm getting my film developed at the chemist's.

• 2 a thin layer of something on a surface:

  • a film of dust/oil/grease

  • a film of smoke

• 3 to record moving pictures with a camera, usually to make a film for television or the cinema:

  • Most of the scenes were filmed in a studio.

  • They filmed for a week in Spain.

• 4 to make pictures of something in making a movie, or to make a movie:

  • [ T ] Her last movie was filmed in Spain.

• 5 (a length of) dark, thin material like plastic on which you can record images as photographs or as moving pictures:

  • a roll of film

  • I didn’t get my film developed yet.

• 6 a thin layer of something on something else:

  • A film of oil glistened on the surface of the water.

• 7 a movie