big screen
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3.2
- noun
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- I just want to watch my nature documentaries on a big screen again.
- a big screen television
That's what people want to watch on a big screen TV and it's very communal.
- That's what people want to watch on a big screen TV and it's very communal.
- And look, we weren't selling big screen TV's.
- Have you ever wanted a really big screen?
- Oh, you see, but I bought myself a big screen TV.
- I've, I most people send Vimeo links and I usually throw them up on my big screen TV to watch them.
- So bottom line then, high performance big screen gaming, what do you do?
- It is just one big screen and it is very cool to adjust.
- He had, he had two TV's in the mirror and a big screen in between the those TV's.
- Since you don't have to click it, why can't it just be one big screen?
- I needed to spice things up, you know, being blind, like I don't need a big screen.
- Maybe a week ago I went into a store and it had the security camera that has the big screen where you can look at yourself.
- I can only imagine that it must be truly terrible with no real easy controls and no big screen.
Examples
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Get them to play it on the big screen at the end of the game.
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If you haven't seen 2001 on the big screen, then you haven't seen it.
Blog text (7) -
So now you can play on the big screen your mobile phone games.
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Put that up in here on the big screen.
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Great, bring 'em up on the big screen.
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It's gonna be on the big screen?
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Move it over to the big screen.
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The sonogram came up on a big screen on the wall right in front of us.
Blog text (29) -
Her husband had recently bought a big-screen television at Circuit City for patient education at his clinic.
Fiction book (2001) -
I enjoy watching movies on a big screen at the cinema with friends.
Synonyms
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1.0
A flat surface that shows images or videos
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7.2
A very large video screen at stadiums or events that shows images and video so people can see them
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3.4
A screen that shows text, photos, or moving pictures
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2.8
A large white surface on which a projector shows images or videos
A large screen that shows films or live events in public places
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a large display device' is directly and compositionally derived from 'big' (large) + 'screen' (display). This adjective+noun combination follows a common, transparent pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Big screen was later used for very large televisions and monitors because they give the same large-picture experience as a movie theater. So today it also means a large display device for watching films or events.