Hollywood

[hol-ee-wood]

noun

1. the NW part of Los Angeles, Calif.: center of the American motion-picture industry.

2. a city in SE Florida, near Miami: seaside resort.

Hollywood

/ ˈhɒlɪˌwʊd /

noun

1. a NW suburb of Los Angeles, California: centre of the American film industry. Pop: 167 664 (2000)

2. 1. the American film industry

   2. ( as modifier )

      a Hollywood star

Hollywood

1. District of Los Angeles.

Center of the American film industry.

Other Word Forms

• Hollywoodite noun
• Hollywooder noun

Example Sentences

I was developing “Shakedown” into a narrative adaptation, and I was doing that in a very Hollywood way, with an agent and going to producers and developing it top down.

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“My mother remembers this,” an energetic Elordi tells me in a Hollywood conference room.

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“Grey’s,” though, has been her longest gig in Hollywood.

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After all, at the very start of her career in Hollywood, once she had settled in Los Angeles, Lansbury had to deal with specific notions of feminine beauty.

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Does she want to take another stab at Hollywood?

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