onscreen
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3.1
- adjective
- /ˈɑnˌskrin/
- Sesame Street characters explain target words while showing pictures of objects onscreen.
- an onscreen character
- an onscreen display
Examples
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- Well, like you, they were all ambitious actors eager to get a shot onscreen.
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After a few moments, the onscreen instructions guided me through the setup process.
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Lee, we're gonna put his girlfriend onscreen so you can talk to her.
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Put it onscreen for Mommy.
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This particular buffalo had an onscreen performance in the movie dances with wolves.
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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
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3.2
Filmed for a TV show or movie
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.