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moviegoing

moviegoing adjective: attending movies, especially habitually or regularly.

Adjective

moviegoing (not comparable)

  1. Attending movies, especially habitually or regularly.
    • the moviegoing public

Noun

moviegoing (uncountable)

  1. The act of attending movies.
    • She understands my moviegoing but in her own antic fashion. There is a scene which shows the very neighborhood of the theater. Kate gives me a look—it is understood that we do not speak during the movie.1961, Walker Percy, chapter 1, in The Moviegoer, New York, N.Y.: Popular Library, published 1962, →OCLC, section 7, page 61
    • I would say that roughly 30 percent of the film is invisible, and some 40 to 50 inaudible. I cannot remember when—in moviegoing or life—I so longed for an honest bit of daylight as I did while groping my way through Bird.1988, John Simon, “Sweet Bird of Untruth: Bird”, in John Simon on Film: Criticism, 1982–2001, New York, N.Y.: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, published 2005, →ISBN, “Criticism from the 1980s”...

Origin of moviegoing

From movie + going.

Questions about moviegoing

What does moviegoing mean?
Moviegoing means attending movies, especially habitually or regularly.
What part of speech is moviegoing?
Moviegoing can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near moviegoing in the dictionary

  1. movie-goers
  2. movie-house
  3. moviedom
  4. moviegoer
  5. moviegoers
  6. moviegoing
  7. movieholic
  8. movieholics
  9. moviehouse
  10. moviehouses
  11. movieize

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