to screen
- verb
- /skriːn/
- 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.
- And, and then we and then The MGM screened war games for Congress.
- I think that first of all, I screen films.
- We filmed, edited, produced and screened it within six months, raised the funds.
- We were going to take that documentary and use it and screen it and use it for training purposes.
Examples
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When we screened the film this morning, we couldn't believe what we were looking at.
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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.
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We'll be screening it for you at the party.
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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.
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We could screen our dailies underneath the stars.
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De Niro initially defended the decision to screen the film at Tribeca.
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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
Idioms
- Informal
Something completely useless because it cannot work where it is used
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A program that shows moving pictures on a computer screen when you are not using it
- Specialized
A screen that uses a small electronic part for each tiny dot to make images sharper and faster
- Archaic
A transparent screen that lights up when X-rays or cathode rays hit it
- Specialized
The inside surface of an old television that lights up to show images
- Archaic
A decorative barrier in a church that separates the main part from the choir and often holds a cross
- Specialized
A picture created when someone pushes ink through a mesh screen onto paper or cloth
How Public
- Literature
- Texting
Surface Forms
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.