word-vault/dist/data/cards/fi/film.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "film",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a series of moving pictures recorded with sound that tells a story, watched at a cinema or on a television or other device",
            "sensetop": "a film about something",
            "labels": "(especially British English)North American English usually(British English)(North American English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Let's stay in and **watch a film**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're going out to **see a film**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**There's a good film on** tonight *(= showing at the cinema or on TV)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **horror/documentary/feature film**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **action/animated** film"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **silent film** *(= one recorded without sound)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a student he **made a** short **film** about his home town.",
                    "contextForm": "a film about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **shoot/direct/produce a film**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film was shot on location in France."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film has been downloaded some 21 million times since its release."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **film crew/critic/director/producer**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an international **film festival**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **film version/adaptation** of a novel by Henry James"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His film credits *(= the films he has made)* as director include ‘Mood Music’ and ‘Lies’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a great composer of film music."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She makes children's films."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was an ad director before starting to make feature films."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your typical Hollywood film has a happy ending."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her dream was to star in a Hollywood film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's your favourite film?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you like James Bond films?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The latest film by Kathryn Bigelow is out soon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film came out last week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Now you can stream films on your mobile device."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's an independent cinema screening mainly art films."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her music is used throughout the film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She thought the film far too violent to show to children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film contains explicit scenes of violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film depicts immense courage amid the horrors of war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film manages to capture the mood of the times."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film opens with a bird's-eye shot of London."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film stars Nicole Kidman as a nightclub singer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film was finally released after weeks of protest by religious groups."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film was heavily edited for screening on television."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a great car chase in the film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's an interesting film on at the local cinema."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a season of classic films on TV."
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the earliest colour films"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They've just started shooting a film of the novel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a film adaptation of a well-known fairy tale"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a film version of Jane Austen's famous novel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This film tells the remarkable story of a disabled actor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We went to an awful film last night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a film about Nelson Mandela"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a film based on the novel by Charles Potter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a film dealing with old age"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a film entitled ‘Bitter Moon’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a film from Spanish director Luis Eduardo Aute"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a film recording the first powered flight"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a film with an all-star cast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was killed when a film stunt went wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We stayed for the film credits to see who the music was by."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The scramble for the film rights to her next novel has already begun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They built a massive film set of an airport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the ‘Star Wars’ film series"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the film classic ‘Fantasia’"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre", "TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["long", "short", "feature-length"],
                "verb + film": ["see", "view", "watch"],
                "film + verb": ["be on", "show", "come out"],
                "film + noun": ["director", "editor", "maker"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the film", "on film", "film about"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the beginning of the film",
                    "the end of the film",
                    "be in films"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the art or business of making films",
            "labels": "(especially British English)North American English usuallyBritish English also",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "jobs in film and television"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She'd like to write for theatre and film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **film industry**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **film buff** *(= somebody who is very interested in and knows a lot about film)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can study theatre, film and dance as well as painting at the school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many of them work in film or photography."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She knows everything there is to know about film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wrote several books about film in the 1970s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the history of film"
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the greatest talents working in Indian film"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He worked for a major film studio."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tyrannical Hollywood film moguls ruled their stars' lives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The star has plenty of what film people call ‘bankability’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Working Title is a British film production company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're a small film company."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["long", "short", "feature-length"],
                "verb + film": ["see", "view", "watch"],
                "film + verb": ["be on", "show", "come out"],
                "film + noun": ["director", "editor", "maker"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the film", "on film", "film about"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the beginning of the film",
                    "the end of the film",
                    "be in films"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "moving pictures of real events, shown for example on television",
            "sensetop": "on film",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "television news film of the riots"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accident was **caught on film**.",
                    "contextForm": "on film"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was amazing to be able to **capture** those moments **on film**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They showed a **film clip** of the interview."
                },
                {
                    "text": "film taken by security cameras"
                },
                {
                    "text": "When I watched the film back, I noticed someone in the background."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They study film of their opponents before the game."
                },
                {
                    "text": "CCTV film captured the assault."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police examined video film from a security camera on the bus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He hoped the existence of the security film would lead to a successful prosecution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can download film clips from the news archive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is some old film footage of the meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Music plays over the film footage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news always contains several film reports."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They captured the incident on film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's one of the most dramatic moments I've ever seen on film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their encounter has been preserved on film."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["long", "short", "feature-length"],
                "verb + film": ["see", "view", "watch"],
                "film + verb": ["be on", "show", "come out"],
                "film + noun": ["director", "editor", "maker"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the film", "on film", "film about"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the beginning of the film",
                    "the end of the film",
                    "be in films"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "thin plastic that is sensitive to light, used especially in the past for taking photographs and making films; a roll of this plastic, used in cameras",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **roll of film**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a 35mm film"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was no film in the camera."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fast film is best for action shots."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He spliced the two lengths of film together."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the darkroom they found that only half the film had been exposed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I used to get my films developed at a local shop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a roll of 35 millimetre film"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She put a new film in her camera."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you use a film camera or a digital camera?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He returned with several rolls of colour and black-and-white film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He used 16mm colour film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film got accidentally exposed and ruined."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["black-and-white", "colour/​color", "fast"],
                "… of film": ["reel", "roll"],
                "verb + film": ["load", "put in", "remove"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a thin layer of something, usually on the surface of something else",
            "sensetop": "film of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Grease coated everything in a thin film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everything was covered in a film of dust.",
                    "contextForm": "film of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a film of soot everywhere."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The leaves were still covered with a film of dew."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film of water left by the tide shimmered in the sun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a fine film of sweat on her forehead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The books were covered in a thin film of dust."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "coat, coating, layer",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fine", "thin", "surface"],
                "verb + film": ["be covered in", "be covered with"],
                "preposition": ["film of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɪlm/",
                "audio": "fi/film/film__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɪlm/",
                "audio": "fi/film/film__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English filmen ‘membrane’, of West Germanic origin."
}