/mooh"vee/ , n.
1. See motion picture .
2. motion-picture theater (often prec. by the ): The movie is next-door to the hardware store.
3. movies ,
a. motion pictures, as an industry (usually prec. by the ): The movies have had to raise prices.
b. motion pictures, as a genre of art or entertainment: gangster movies.
c. the exhibition of a motion picture: an evening at the movies.
[ 1905-10; MOV(ING PICTURE) + -IE ]