English > cinema: 2 senses > noun 1, communicationMeaning | A medium that disseminates moving pictures. |
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Example | "this story would be good cinema" |
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Synonyms | film, celluloid |
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Category of | McGuffin, MacGuffin | (film) a plot element that catches / catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot |
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cut-in, insert | (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film |
Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
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commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects |
Narrower | silver screen | The film industry |
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Broader | medium | A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information |
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Spanish | celuloide, cinema, cine, film |
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Catalan | cel·luloide, cinema, cine, film |
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Adjectives | cinematic | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema |
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