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filmgoing

filmgoing noun: the activity of attending a film screening.

Noun

filmgoing (uncountable)

  1. The activity of attending a film screening
    • ONE of Ken Kwapis’s earliest filmgoing memories is watching the 1962 rampaging-monster movie “King Kong vs. Godzilla” at the local drive-in with his father in Belleville, Ill. Or rather, not watching it.2009 February 1, Margy Rochlin, “Keeping Things Human Size, Despite the Stars”, in New York Times

Origin of filmgoing

From film + going.

Questions about filmgoing

What does filmgoing mean?
Filmgoing means the activity of attending a film screening.
What part of speech is filmgoing?
Filmgoing is a noun.

Words near filmgoing in the dictionary

  1. filmesque
  2. filmfest
  3. filmfests
  4. filmgoer
  5. filmgoers
  6. filmgoing
  7. filmhood
  8. filmi
  9. filmi geet
  10. filmi geets
  11. filmic

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