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Definition of film verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

film

verb
 
/fɪlm/
 
/fɪlm/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they film
 
/fɪlm/
 
/fɪlm/
he / she / it films
 
/fɪlmz/
 
/fɪlmz/
past simple filmed
 
/fɪlmd/
 
/fɪlmd/
past participle filmed
 
/fɪlmd/
 
/fɪlmd/
-ing form filming
 
/ˈfɪlmɪŋ/
 
/ˈfɪlmɪŋ/
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  1. to make a film of a story or a real event; to record somebody/something on film
    • They are filming in Manhattan right now.
    • film something/somebody The show was filmed on location in New York.
    • It took them six weeks to film the documentary.
    • That day, we filmed the scene in the church.
    • film somebody/something doing something A young boy was filmed by the security camera stealing a pair of jeans.
    Extra Examples
    • The controversial experiment involved secretly filming a group of children.
    • The serial was filmed on location in Italy.
    • fast-paced, well acted and beautifully filmed in the Blue Ridge Mountains
    Topics Film and theatrea2, TV, radio and newsa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • secretly
    • on location
    phrases
    • beautifully filmed
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    Word OriginOld English filmen ‘membrane’, of West Germanic origin.
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