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to screen

40 3.0
Show a film or video to an audience
  • verb
  • /skriːn/
: proyectar
  • Tonight, they screen a movie in the square, always very popular.
  • screen a film

And, and then we and then The MGM screened war games for Congress.

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Examples

  • When we screened the film this morning, we couldn't believe what we were looking at.

  • Invited guests at prison film screenings included entertainers (sometimes performers from the films screened), celebrities, and public officials.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Then after dark, we screen the movie at that location.

  • We'll be screening it for you at the party.

  • It's long been my ambition to screen the film in the city on one Halloween evening.

    Blog text (12)
  • That's the movie that I'm gonna screen for her.

  • We could screen our dailies underneath the stars.

  • De Niro initially defended the decision to screen the film at Tribeca.

  • Repertory theaters like Hollywood's Nuart screened a narrow, often middle-brow playlist: King of Hearts and Harold and Maude.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Tonight, they screen a movie in the square, which is always very popular.

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

To keep something so others cannot see or understand it

989 3.0

To stop movement, access, or progress

Idioms

Having no real use

To try to do something that clearly cannot work

Something completely useless because it cannot work where it is used

Phrasal Verbs

12 4.3

To check and remove people or things that are not wanted

Touch the screen lightly with your finger to choose or open something

Make part of a room private using a curtain or divider

Compounds

55 3.2

A large television screen used to watch films or videos

52 3.0

A cinema where films are shown to many people

A flat display that shows pictures and text from a computer

32 1.0

A door with a fine wire or plastic net that lets air in but keeps insects out

27 2.7

A screen you touch to control a phone or tablet

20 3.4

A filmed audition that shows if an actor suits a movie or TV role

15 3.8

The world of movies and the people who make them

14 3.0

Time spent using devices with screens like phones or TVs

11 5.1

An action or statement used to hide the real reason and distract people

home screen
  • Texting
10 3.0

The first screen you see on a phone or app that shows apps and shortcuts

8 2.7

A screen much wider than it is tall for movies and presentations

8 2.9

A program that shows moving pictures on a computer screen when you are not using it

7 3.6

A screen or picture that is much wider than it is tall, like modern TVs

smoke screen
  • Specialized
5 5.5

A cloud of smoke made to hide soldiers or vehicles from view

screen pass
  • Jargon
4 6.1

A short forward pass where teammates block to protect the receiver

3 2.3

A thin net that fits over a window to keep insects out while letting air in

A large white surface on which a projector shows images or videos

2 3.4

A person who appears in films or on television

A film version of a book or play made for the cinema

1 3.5

A screen placed in front of an open fire to stop sparks from flying into the room

A white or shiny surface in a cinema for showing movies

screen test
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A test of a monitor or TV that checks color and brightness

screen background
  • Specialized
1 3.2

The part of a computer screen behind icons and windows

screen font
  • Specialized
1 3.4

The style of letters shown on a computer or phone screen

screen memory
  • Specialized
1 9.4

A childhood memory that hides a more painful real memory

CRT screen
  • Archaic
1 6.3

A heavy old TV or computer screen that uses a glass tube to show images

active matrix screen
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A screen that uses a small electronic part for each tiny dot to make images sharper and faster

rood screen
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A decorative barrier in a church that separates the main part from the choir and often holds a cross

silk screen print
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A picture created when someone pushes ink through a mesh screen onto paper or cloth

1 5.6

A transparent screen that lights up when X-rays or cathode rays hit it

luminescent screen
  • Specialized
1 6.9

The inside surface of an old television that lights up to show images

diffusing screen
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A thin panel that spreads light to make shadows softer

How Public

to release
∞ 1.8
broadcast
  • Literature
418 2.9
to stream
  • Texting
96 3.4
to screen
40 3.0
preview
186 2.9

Surface Forms

screen infinitive
screened past
screened past participle
screening present participle
screens third person singular

Etymology

The verb screen meaning 'to show a film' comes directly from the noun for the surface where films are shown; you put the movie on a 'screen' for people to watch. So to screen a film is to show it to an audience.