Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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noun
In the movie industry, the final released version of a film.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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noun
The group that remains when a selection process has eliminated other candidates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, idiomatic
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noun
the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
History
From the fact that in the days of physical film for cinema, the strips of film on which various scenes and takes were recorded had to be cut into pieces and spliced together into a resultant composite strip.
