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screening

screening

21 2.8
A showing of a movie for an audience
  • noun
  • /ˈskriːnɪŋ/
translation icon : proyección
  • Screening of the top five student films begins at 7:00 in the Lyons Theater.
  • a film screening
  • public screenings
  • prison film screenings

I'm so today is the first screening of your rough cuts.

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Examples

  • 6: Newport, International Film Festival; screenings of independent features, retrospectives, and documentary films.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The 7 p.m. Screening of Scooby-Doo is now sold out.

  • So I want to encourage all of you to come and see the screening of this changes everything.

  • There was a press screening worldwide debut I think on Tuesday.

  • So tonight is the screening, the screening of Anderson Bench here in LA.

  • And the film company asked me to come out for a screening somewhere in the Midwest.

  • I go to the private screenings of the movies.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • There are annual charity screenings held around the globe that still bring new members to the fold.

    Blog text (9)
  • You now are going on little tours to places for screenings and doing Q&A's with two cast members.

  • Everyone is excited for the screening of the new superhero movie at the cinema this Friday.

Synonyms

preview
vsscreening
183 2.9

A short showing of a film or play before it opens

is a neutral occasion to watch a movie rather than an advert or promo
viewing
vsscreening
54 2.3

An event when people go to see something like a film or artwork

is specific to movies being presented to an audience rather than other items
showing
vsscreening
3 2.1

A time when people can watch a film or play

is the general term for a movie presented to an audience
prescreening
vsscreening
3.4

An advance showing of a movie or TV show to a small group

is used for any public presentation of a movie to an audience
rescreening
vsscreening
4.2

A second public showing of a film or play

refers to the single or first occasion a movie is presented

Antonyms

cancellation
  • Texting
63 1.9

Stopping something planned so it no longer happens

Compounds

genetic screening
  • Specialized
1 3.9

Testing many people to find those at risk of a disease passed on in families

How Special

premiere
179 4.4
preview
183 2.9
screening
21 2.8
showing
3 2.1

Surface Forms

screening singular
screenings plural

Morphology

screening = screen (transparent) = screen + ing

This is a regular noun formed from the verb 'screen' with '-ing', meaning the act or event of showing a film to an audience.

Etymology

Screening comes from screen, which once meant a 'shield' or a surface that hides or protects. Because films are shown on a flat screen, a screening is the event of showing a movie.