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filmmaking

filmmaking noun: the activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.

Noun

filmmaking (usually uncountable, plural filmmakings)

  1. (usually) The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.
    • Network Rail and some of the train operating companies also make films about the railway for internal or external showing. While many are brief, some continue to uphold the standards of professional filmmaking with which the railway has become synonymous, over a period of over a century.2025 December 24, Tim Dunn, “Railways and film: the perfect match”, in RAIL, number 1051, page 55
  2. (usually) The manufacture of physical film.

filmmaking meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Telugu and Thai

filmmaking in Urdu

فلم سازی

filmmaking in Bengali

চলচ্চিত্র নির্মাণের কাজ

filmmaking in Telugu

ఫిల్మ్ మేకింగ్, చిత్రనిర్మాణం

filmmaking in Thai

the production of movies
การผลิตภาพยนตร์

Synonyms of filmmaking

Forms of filmmaking

pluralfilmmakings
alternative formfilm making

Origin of filmmaking

From film + making.

Questions about filmmaking

What does filmmaking mean?
Filmmaking means the activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.
What is filmmaking in Urdu?
Filmmaking in Urdu is فلم سازی. See Filmmaking meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is filmmaking?
Filmmaking is a noun.
What is the plural of filmmaking?
The plural of filmmaking is filmmakings.

Words near filmmaking in the dictionary

  1. filmlessness
  2. filmlike
  3. filmlore
  4. filmmaker
  5. filmmakers
  6. filmmaking
  7. filmmakings
  8. filmographer
  9. filmographers
  10. filmographic
  11. filmographies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: filmmaking (page history and authors); filmmaking (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); filmmaking (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); filmmaking (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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