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offscreen en · ADJ

Etymology

From off + screen.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen.
    • In addition to racking up what looks like a substantial offscreen body count, the movie at one point offers an eight-second introduction for a sleazy used-car salesman character for the sole purpose of justifying Tripp and Creech laying waste to his inventory. 2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, in The Onion AV Club:

Forms

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off-screen alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

onscreen

Translations (8)

fi kuvan ulkopuolinen (existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen) · es fuera de la pantalla (existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen) · fr hors-champ (existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen) · pl pozaekranowy (existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen) · ru зака́дровый (existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen) · da uden for billedet (existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen) · es en off (existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen) · es fuera de pantalla (existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen)

offscreen en · ADV

Etymology

From off + screen.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Outside the frame of the cinema or television screen.

Forms

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off-screen alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

onscreen

Translations (5)

pl poza ekranem (outside the frame of the screen) · es fuera de pantalla (outside the frame of the screen) · es fuera de la pantalla (outside the frame of the screen) · pl pozaekranowo (outside the frame of the screen) · es en off (outside the frame of the screen)

offscreen en · VERB

Etymology

From off + screen.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To kill a character offscreen.
    • Yeah, I also hate her. I hope she gets offscreened in the third act low-key.

Forms

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off-screen alternative lexicographic
offscreens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
offscreened Tense=Past rare lexicographic
offscreened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part rare lexicographic
offscreening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

offstage

Translations (2)

pl zabijać poza ekranem (to kill a character offscreen) · pl zabić poza ekranem (to kill a character offscreen)