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have seen this film

have seen this film is the alternative form of have seen this movie.

Meaning of have seen this movie

Verb

have seen this movie (third-person singular simple present has seen this movie, present participle having seen this movie, simple past and past participle had seen this movie)

  1. (idiomatic) To have experienced a situation which is the same as or similar to the current situation, especially with a sense of the unpleasantness or tiresomeness of the recurring situation.
    • The 2008 presidential race may have been branded a "change" election, but abortion rights advocates have seen this movie before.2008 June 23, Amy Sullivan, “Will Pro-Choice Women Back McCain?”, in Time, retrieved 06 Feb 2017

Forms of have seen this film

third-person singular presenthas seen this film
present participlehaving seen this film
past participlehad seen this film
pasthad seen this film

Questions about have seen this film

What is have seen this film the alternative form of?
Have seen this film is the alternative form of have seen this movie.

Words near have seen this film in the dictionary

  1. have respect of persons
  2. have second thoughts
  3. have seen better days
  4. have seen one's day
  5. have seen one's last gum tree
  6. have seen this film
  7. have seen this movie
  8. have several seats
  9. have sex
  10. have sexual relations
  11. have shit on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: have seen this film (page history and authors); have seen this movie (page history and authors). 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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