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onscreen

onscreen

13 3.1
Appears on a television, computer, or movie screen
  • adjective
  • /ˈɑnˌskrin/
translation icon : en pantalla
  • Sesame Street characters explain target words while showing pictures of objects onscreen.
  • an onscreen character
  • an onscreen display

Examples

  • - Well, like you, they were all ambitious actors eager to get a shot onscreen.

  • After a few moments, the onscreen instructions guided me through the setup process.

  • Lee, we're gonna put his girlfriend onscreen so you can talk to her.

  • Put it onscreen for Mommy.

  • This particular buffalo had an onscreen performance in the movie dances with wolves.

  • Or use this same link and follow the onscreen prompts to remix your own video.

    Blog text (24)
  • A silent message flashed onscreen, "Shake, Rattle, and Roll."

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Once the music is uploaded, users will find that the onscreen menus are extremely easy to manipulate.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The President and his advisers, including Sarek, watch the proceedings unhappily onscreen.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • You're onscreen, Susana.

Synonyms

on camera
vsonscreen
231 3.2

Filmed for a TV show or movie

is shown to viewers via electronic display or playback rather than filmed live

How Visible

visible
398 1.0
onscreen
13 3.1
offscreen
2 4.0
hidden
125 1.1

Surface Forms

onscreen positive

Morphology

onscreen = screen (transparent) = on + screen

A straightforward combination of 'on' + 'screen' indicating something that appears on a screen, easily inferable by learners.

Etymology

Onscreen is simply on plus screen, meaning 'on a screen'. So something that is onscreen is shown or appears on your TV, computer, or movie screen.