📒 the flat surface at the front of a television, computer, or other electronic device, on which you see pictures or information
- a computer screen
- a monitor with a 21-inch screen
- They were staring at the television screen.
📒 the large flat surface that films or pictures are shown on
- a cinema/movie screen
- an eight-screen cinema
- The movie will be coming to your screens shortly.
📒 films or television in general
- He has adapted the play for the screen.
- on screen Some actors never watch themselves on screen.
- His face never appears on screen.
📒 the data or images shown on a computer screen
- Press the F1 key to display a help screen.
- Can you do a printout of this screen for me?
- I posted the screen grab on Twitter.
📒 a tall, flat piece of furniture or equipment that is fixed to a wall, etc. or that can be moved to divide a room or to keep one area hidden or separate
- The nurse put a screen around the bed.
- A wooden screen hid one corner of the room.
- She went behind the screen and changed into the ballet costume.
📒 something that prevents somebody from seeing or being aware of something, or that protects somebody/something
- screen (of something) We planted a screen of tall trees.
- A screen of bodyguards protected the President.
- behind a screen of something (figurative) All the research was conducted behind a screen of secrecy.
📒 a wire or plastic net that is held in a frame and fastened on a window, or a door, to let in air but keep out insects
- Do you have screens on your windows?
📒 a wood or stone structure in a church, that partly separates the main area from the altar or choir
📒 a system of checking a person or thing to find out whether or not something, typically a disease, is present
- You should get a health screen every couple of years.
- Candidates for this position must be able to pass a drug screen.
📒 used to say that people’s attention is on or not on something
- The issue of terrorism is back on the radar screen.
- Since the scandal broke, all other issues seem to have disappeared off the radar screen as far as the media is concerned.