film
- Top 1000
Sense 1
- noun
- A2
a story told in moving pictures that you watch at a cinema or on a screen at home
The film was so long that we missed the last bus.
Our teacher showed us a short film about ocean plastic.
This old camera needs film, not a memory card.
My grandfather developed his own film in a dark room.
Common collocations: watch a film · make a film · horror film · a roll of film · develop film · black-and-white film
Part of: Film and television, Media, Art, Science and technology
Sense 2
- verb
- B1
to record moving pictures of people or things with a camera
They filmed the whole concert with three cameras from different angles.
Please do not film inside the museum without asking first.
Most of the series was filmed in a small fishing village.
Common collocations: film a scene · film on location · be filmed in · film with a phone
Part of: Film and television, Media, Games and hobbies
Sense 3 · less common
- noun
- B2
a very thin layer of something that covers a surface
A thin film of dust covered every shelf in the attic.
A film of ice had formed on the inside of the window.
The rain left a greasy film across the whole windscreen.
Common collocations: a thin film of · a film of dust · a film of oil · a film of ice
Part of: Materials, Shapes and sizes, Science and technology