Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

motion-picture

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: mo-tion-pic-ture
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncommon form of motion picture.

Example Sentences

"In Charlie’s answers, the first thing that strikes one is the utter absence of critical thought. For hours together, and on many occasions, I have questioned him, and always he answers me by rolling off a long reel of incoherent motion-pictures, or just words, words, words."
"Motion-pictures from “A Year in the Old Dirt Dobber’s Garden” will be shown in color at the Friday Conversational Club meeting Friday evening at the First Presbyterian church, the program to feature “At the Garden Gate” with Mrs. Elmer E. Smith as narrator."
"The actor will portray famed photographer Eadweard Muybridge, a pioneer of motion-pictures who had a deeply troubled past, according to Deadline."

Inflected Forms

motion-pictures (plural)

Questions

What does motion-picture mean?: Uncommon form of motion picture.

How to pronounce motion-picture

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