Screen Skriːn Television Extra Examples Film Computer Flat

• a computer screen
• a monitor with a 21-inch screen
• they were staring at the television screen.
• move your cursor to the top of the screen.

screen

1. the flat surface at the front of a television, computer, or other electronic device, on which you see pictures or information
• SEE ALSO flat-screen
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• a computer screen
• a monitor with a 21-inch screen
• They were staring at the television screen.
• Move your cursor to the top of the screen.
• Tessa glanced at the phone's little screen.
• an LCD/plasma screen
• Hundreds of fans watched on giant television screens.
• The image came up on the screen for a few seconds.
• The birds appear as red dots on the radar screen.
• Information can be viewed on screen or printed out.
• the screen display
• The system was designed with a menu bar at the bottom of the screen.

Extra Examples

• I sat gazing at the blank screen, trying to think of something to write.
• The screen flickered, and then everything went dark.
• A news bulletin flashed across the screen.
2. the large flat surface that films or pictures are shown on
• a cinema/movie screen
• an eight-screen cinema
• The movie will be coming to your screens shortly.
• This film should keep you glued to the screen (= unable to stop watching) for two hours.
• The film hits cinema screens in November.
• The film demands to be seen on a big screen.

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• The star's face filled the screen.
• the greatest comic actor ever to grace a movie screen
3. films or television in general
• SEE ALSO big screen
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/the-big-screen
• He has adapted the play for the screen.
• Some actors never watch themselves on screen.
• His face never appears on screen.
• She was a star of stage and screen (= plays and films).
• a screen actor
• She has great screen presence (= she makes a good impression on screen).
• He made his screen debut in 1954 as a stable boy.
• the screen adaptation (= film) of John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden

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• De Niro is only given a few minutes of screen time.
• Henry James's novel was brought to the screen by director James Ivory.
• Marilyn Monroe's first screen appearance
• Neil Simon's screen adaptation of his hit stage play
• She is remembered mainly for her performances on screen.
• She shares the screen with Nicole Kidman.
• The film features screen legends James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
4. the data or images shown on a computer screen
• SEE ALSO home screen
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/home-screen
• Press the F1 key to display a help screen.
• Can you do a printout of this screen for me?
• I posted the screen grab on Twitter.
5. a tall, flat piece of furniture or equipment that is fixed to a wall, etc. or that can be moved to divide a room or to keep one area hidden or separate
• SEE ALSO fire screen
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fire-screen
• The nurse put a screen around the bed.
• A wooden screen hid one corner of the room.
• She went behind the screen and changed into the ballet costume.

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• His desk was discreetly placed behind a screen.
• The room was divided by a folding screen.
• There is a screen between the two beds.
6. something that prevents somebody from seeing or being aware of something, or that protects somebody/something
• SEE ALSO smokescreen
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/smokescreen
• We planted a screen of tall trees.
• A screen of bodyguards protected the President.
• All the research was conducted behind a screen of secrecy.
7. a wire or plastic net that is held in a frame and fastened on a window, or a door, to let in air but keep out insects
• Do you have screens on your windows?
8. a wood or stone structure in a church, that partly separates the main area from the altar or choir
• SEE ALSO rood screen
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rood-screen
9. a system of checking a person or thing to find out whether or not something, typically a disease, is present
• You should get a health screen every couple of years.
• Candidates for this position must be able to pass a drug screen.
10. used to say that people’s attention is on or not on something
• The issue of terrorism is back on the radar screen.
• Since the scandal broke, all other issues seem to have disappeared off the radar screen as far as the media is concerned.

Word Origin

• Middle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin.