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🖥️ A full display 🖥️ Using whole screen 🖥️ To fill screen
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to fullscreen

3.7
Make a program, video, or image fill the whole screen
  • verb
  • /ˈfʊlˌskrin/
translation icon : poner en pantalla completa
  • To enjoy the movie better, remember to fullscreen it on your device.

Examples

  • When watching shows online, make sure to fullscreen the video for better visibility.

  • He likes to fullscreen his games for an immersive experience.

  • Step 1: Decide What to Fullscreen

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  • In the video, Palmer appears naked in a bathtub (which, unless you were a never-nude, makes sense), so needless to say, don't fullscreen this at work.

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Antonyms

to minimize
117 3.7

Make something as small as possible to reduce its effect

How Full

to maximize
133 4.1
to fullscreen
3.7
to resize
  • Specialized
11 3.2
to minimize
117 3.7

Surface Forms

fullscreen infinitive
fullscreened past
fullscreened past participle
fullscreening present participle
fullscreens third person singular

Etymology

Fullscreen as a verb means to make an image or app fill the whole display; it is formed from full ('whole') and screen (the display), so to 'fullscreen' something is to make it use the entire screen.