Screen Skriːn Computer Television Information Play Stage Noun

• 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 home screen
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/home-screen
• 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.
• the screen display
• Can you do a printout of this screen for me (= of all the information on it)?
2. the data or images shown on a computer screen
• Press the F1 key to display a help screen.
3. the large flat surface that films/movies or pictures are shown on
• a cinema/movie screen
• an eight-screen cinema
• The movie will be coming to your screens shortly.
4. films/movies or television in general
• see also off-screen
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/off-screen_2
• He has adapted the play for the screen.
• Some actors never watch themselves on screen.
• She was a star of stage and screen (= plays and films/movies).
• a screen actor
5. a vertical piece of furniture or equipment that is fixed 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.
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?
• screen doors
8. a wood or stone structure in a church, that partly separates the main area from the altar or choir
• See related entries: Architectural features
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/architectural_features/screen_3
9. 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.

Extra Examples

• De Niro is only given a few minutes of screen time.
• Henry James’s novel was brought to the screen by director James Ivory.
• His desk was discreetly placed behind a screen.
• I sat gazing at the blank screen, trying to think of something to write.
• Information can be viewed on screen or printed out.
• Marilyn Monroe’s first screen appearance
• Neil Simon’s screen adaptation of his hit stage play
• She appears regularly on the small screen.
• 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.
• The image came up on the screen for a few seconds.
• The room was divided by a folding screen.
• The screen flickered, and then everything went dark.
• The screen suddenly went black.
• The star’s face filled the screen.
• There is a screen between the two beds.
• They play deadly rivals in the show but they are good friends off screen.
• a flat-screen TV
• big screen entertainment
• stars of stage and screen
• the greatest comic actor ever to grace a movie screen
• He put the fire screen in front of the dying embers of the fire and left the room.
• screen windows/doors

Word Origin

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