screen en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Dutch scherm (“screen”), German Schirm (“screen”). Doublet of scherm. An alternative etymology derives Old French escren, escran from Old Dutch *scranc (“barrier”) (compare Middle Dutch schranc, schranke (“palisade, trellis, grid”), German Schrank (“cupboard, cabinet”), German Schranke (“fence”)), from Proto-West Germanic *skrank, from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz.
Meanings
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A physical barrier that shelters or hides. ▸ A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
There is also great use of ambitious men in being screens to princes in matters of danger and envy
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Ambition”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:a fire screen
Your leavy screens throw down.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi]:
- A physical barrier that shelters or hides. ▸ A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
- A physical barrier that shelters or hides. ▸ A stand of trees or other plants that can block wind.
- A physical barrier that shelters or hides. ▸ A military or nautical formation that blocks or separates; a collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
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(figuratively) A physical barrier that shelters or hides. ▸ A disguise; concealment.
They'd say he was operating behind a screen of guilelessness and was a superhypocrite.
1987, Saul Bellow, More Die of Heartbreak:
- A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass. ▸ A mesh layer in a window or doorway that lets in fresh air but keeps out pests.
- A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass. ▸ A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
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A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass. ▸ The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
Jones caught the foul up against the screen.
- A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass. ▸ A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
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(qualifier:by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
a drug screen, a genetic screen
- (qualifier:by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it. ▸ A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
- (countable, qualifier:by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it. ▸ A system intended to separate something into groups based on various criteria.
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A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed. ▸ The viewing surface or area of a movie or of a moving picture or slide presentation.
The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- (broadly) A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed. ▸ The viewing surface or area of a movie or of a moving picture or slide presentation. ▸ A room in a cinema.
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A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed. ▸ The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
You won't find me living for the screen […] I ain't equipment I ain't automatic
1977, Sex Pistols, Spunk, “Problems” (song)
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A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed. ▸ One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
Bub and Bob, the brontosaur buddies, must battle bullies by bursting their bubbles. One or two players can move through 100 screens of arcade-style graphics.
1989, Compute, volume 11, page 51:The idea is to reach the 21st level of an enormous network of interlocking screens, each of which is covered with blocks that you bounce along on.
1988, Marcus Berkmann, Sophistry (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 30, June 1988
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A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed. ▸ The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
After you turn on the computer, the login screen appears.
Clicking the Edit button sends you to a screen where you can change the name and description.
- (broadly) A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed. ▸ An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player ▸ Ellipsis of screen pass.
alt of screen pass
- Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player ▸ An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- (Scotland, archaic) A large scarf.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| screens | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| skreen | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
screen peek (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · small screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · hand screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · it's all over the screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · silk-screen printing (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · flip-screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen-printed (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · plasma screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen wall (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · blue-white screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · fire screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen-free (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen motion capture (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · silver screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen memory (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · nag screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen crunch (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · fly screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · folding screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · off-screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen-used (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · smokescreen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · touch screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · small-screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · second screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · organ screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · window screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen-scrape (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen-print (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen door on a submarine (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen print (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · ethical screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · white screen of death (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · moving screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen capture (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · choir screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen dump (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · silk screen effect (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · clear view screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · split screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen wiper (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screenbound (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · touch-screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · loading screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · green screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · blue screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen-saver (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · platform screen door (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen door (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · digital on-screen graphic (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · title screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · flatscreen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen reader (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · splash screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · focusing screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · bullet-screen game (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen mask (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · on-screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen saver (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen neck (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · home screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · Stevenson screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen-scraper (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen pass (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen time (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · attract screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen printing (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · end screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · rood-screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · on someone's radar screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen name (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen-matched (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · draught screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen scraping (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · third screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · Chinese screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · large-screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · full screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen test (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · flick-screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · big screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · altar screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · rood screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · blue screen of death (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · smoke screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · windscreen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · lock screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · skeleton screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen tearing (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · bug screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · black screen of death (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · clothes screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen share (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen of death (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · split screen shot (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · hand-screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screenaholic (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen protector (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · urinal screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · kill screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · silk screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · screen burn (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · it's all over my screen (Terms derived from screen (noun)) · insect screen (Terms derived from screen (noun))
Hyponyms
silver screen (Hyponyms of screen (noun)) · Chinese screen (Hyponyms of screen (noun)) · rood screen (Hyponyms of screen (noun)) · smokescreen (Hyponyms of screen (noun)) · flatscreen (Hyponyms of screen (noun)) · touch screen (Hyponyms of screen (noun)) · moving screen (Hyponyms of screen (noun))
Relateds
skirmish (Related terms of screen (noun))
Synonyms
Translations (297)
cmn 屏 (movie viewing area) · mi mata rorohiko (viewing area of electronic output device) · az ekran (viewing area of electronic output device) · hu rekeszfal (physical divider) · mn дэлгэц (movie viewing area) · ga scáileán (movie viewing area) · hu háló (material woven from fine wires) · sv skärm (physical divider) · pl ekran (viewing area of electronic output device) · uk заві́са (physical divider) · bn স্ক্রীন (physical divider) · fi suoja (physical divider) · ko 스크린 (viewing area of electronic output device) · hu ellenző (physical divider) · is skermur (viewing area of electronic output device) · ko 화면 (viewing area of electronic output device) · nb skjerm (viewing area of electronic output device) · gd sgàilean (movie viewing area) · he מָסָךְ (physical divider) · nn lerret (movie viewing area) · ur سْکْرِین (movie viewing area) · kk экран (viewing area of electronic output device) · ru заве́са (physical divider) · lo ຈໍ (viewing area of electronic output device) · ajp شاشة (movie viewing area) · vi màn ảnh (movie viewing area) · cs zástěna (physical divider) · sv filmduk (movie viewing area) · fa-ira اِکْران (movie viewing area) · gl peneira (material woven from fine wires) · de Fliegengitter (material woven from fine wires) · mi rīanga (physical divider) · ru перегоро́дка (physical divider) · cmn 屏幕 (viewing area of electronic output device) · hy էկրան (viewing area of electronic output device) · my ခန်းဆီး (physical divider) · ru экра́н (movie viewing area) · ar شاشة (viewing area of electronic output device) · es criba (mining: stone classification device) · ms kelir (viewing area of electronic output device) · pt tela (viewing area of electronic output device) · ca paravent (physical divider) · lv ekrāns (viewing area of electronic output device) · hu védőrostély (physical divider) · el κρησάρα (material woven from fine wires) · hu képernyő (viewing area of electronic output device) · cmn 銀幕 /银幕 (movie viewing area) · nn skjerm (viewing area of electronic output device) · ka ცხავი (mining: stone classification device) · sv duk (movie viewing area) · hu függöny (material woven from fine wires) · se šearbma (viewing area of electronic output device) · el οθόνη (movie viewing area) · fi valkokangas (movie viewing area) · es tamiz (material woven from fine wires) · sh ѐкра̄н (viewing area of electronic output device) · is skjár (viewing area of electronic output device) · ca pantalla (basketball: offensive tactic) · ro sită (material woven from fine wires) · nb skjerm (physical divider) · hu paraván (physical divider) · fa-ira صَفْحِهٔ نَمایِش (viewing area of electronic output device) · es bloqueo (basketball: offensive tactic) · oc ecran (viewing area of electronic output device) · pt anteparo (physical divider) · cs síto (mining: stone classification device) · hi स्क्रीन (movie viewing area) · yi עקראַן (viewing area of electronic output device) · el κόσκινο (material woven from fine wires) · th หน้าจอ (viewing area of electronic output device) · la pluteus (physical divider) · cmn 屏風 /屏风 (physical divider) · uk засло́н (physical divider) · ja スクリーン (viewing area of electronic output device) · sl ekran (viewing area of electronic output device) · gl pantalla (movie viewing area) · hu védőernyő (physical divider) · ms skrin (viewing area of electronic output device) · be экра́н (viewing area of electronic output device) · fi seula (mining: stone classification device) · as ইস্কিন (viewing area of electronic output device) · id layar (viewing area of electronic output device) · ky экран (viewing area of electronic output device) · fi kuvaruutu (viewing area of electronic output device) · hu közfal (physical divider) · pl siatka (material woven from fine wires) · pt ecrã (movie viewing area) · th ฉาก (physical divider) · cmn 屏幕 (movie viewing area) · ja スクリーン (basketball: offensive tactic) · hu védőfal (physical divider) · ka ეკრანი (physical divider) · th จอภาพ (movie viewing area) · fa-ira پاراوان (physical divider) · ru засло́н (physical divider) · hu rostély (physical divider) · te తెర (viewing area of electronic output device) · vo skrin (viewing area of electronic output device) · tr paravan (physical divider) · ja スクリーン (movie viewing area) · bg екра́н (viewing area of electronic output device) · nn lereft (movie viewing area) · ka ბადე (material woven from fine wires) · fa-ira صَفْحِه (viewing area of electronic output device) · ko 은막 (movie viewing area) · ar شَاشَة (movie viewing area) · es pantalla (basketball: offensive tactic) · es malla (material woven from fine wires) · ar شاشة (viewing area of electronic output device) · ar سِتَارَة (physical divider) · nrf êcran (movie viewing area) · cmn 圍屏 /围屏 (physical divider) · vi màn ảnh (viewing area of electronic output device) · el σουρωτήρι (material woven from fine wires) · gl vanelo (mining: stone classification device) · pt filtro (material woven from fine wires) · hu vászon (movie viewing area) · fi screen (basketball: offensive tactic) · bg прегра́да (physical divider) · es mampara (physical divider) · bg парава́н (architecture: dwarf wall or partition) · ff peewnoowo (viewing area of electronic output device) · ja 銀幕 (movie viewing area) · hu zsalu (physical divider) · fr écran (movie viewing area) · gl cribo (mining: stone classification device) · gl baruto (material woven from fine wires) · uk екра́н (physical divider) · ar شَاشَة (viewing area of electronic output device) · hu válaszfal (physical divider) · eu pantaila (viewing area of electronic output device) · sma monitovre (viewing area of electronic output device) · de Schirm (physical divider) · ur سْکْرِین (viewing area of electronic output device) · gl tollevento (physical divider) · nrf êcran (viewing area of electronic output device) · gl sarandón (mining: stone classification device) · ja ついたて (physical divider) · de Schirm (movie viewing area) · ga scáileán (viewing area of electronic output device) · ro ecran (viewing area of electronic output device) · es pantalla (viewing area of electronic output device) · cs obrazovka (viewing area of electronic output device) · vi màn (viewing area of electronic output device) · km អេក្រង់ (viewing area of electronic output device) · ro ecran (movie viewing area) · io skreno (viewing area of electronic output device) · hi स्क्रीन (viewing area of electronic output device) · pt tela (movie viewing area) · fi verho (physical divider) · bg засло́н (basketball: offensive tactic) · hu szúnyogháló (material woven from fine wires) · uk ши́рма (physical divider) · nn skjerm (physical divider) · el οθόνη (viewing area of electronic output device) · bg екра́н (movie viewing area) · hy էկրան (movie viewing area) · gd sgàilean (viewing area of electronic output device) · es pantalla (movie viewing area) · fi ruutu (region of a video game) · tr ekran (movie viewing area) · sv bildskärm (viewing area of electronic output device) · vo televidaskrin (viewing area of electronic output device) · hu spanyolfal (physical divider) · nl beeldscherm (viewing area of electronic output device) · hu szűrő (material woven from fine wires) · ast pantalla (physical divider) · tr ekran (viewing area of electronic output device) · eo ekrano (viewing area of electronic output device) · hu fátyol (material woven from fine wires) · as পৰ্দা (physical divider) · tg экран (viewing area of electronic output device) · acw شاشة (movie viewing area) · fi seula (printing: stencil upon framed mesh) · ff 𞤨𞤫𞥅𞤱𞤲𞤮𞥅𞤱𞤮 (viewing area of electronic output device) · fi saattue (nautical: collection of vessels) · es biombo (physical divider) · eo ekrano (movie viewing area) · ja フェンス (material woven from fine wires) · ast parabana (physical divider) · hu rosta (material woven from fine wires) · ota پرده (physical divider) · kk бейнебет (viewing area of electronic output device) · vi màn hình (viewing area of electronic output device) · my ပြသရာ (viewing area of electronic output device) · bg щит (physical divider) · it schermo (viewing area of electronic output device) · he מָסָךְ (viewing area of electronic output device) · sv skärm (viewing area of electronic output device) · be экра́н (movie viewing area) · es mosquitero (material woven from fine wires) · ar حَاجِز (physical divider) · ja 柵 (material woven from fine wires) · mk екра́н (viewing area of electronic output device) · it schermo (movie viewing area) · oc ecran (movie viewing area) · he צָג (viewing area of electronic output device) · hu filmvászon (movie viewing area) · sq ekran (viewing area of electronic output device) · gl xoeira (mining: stone classification device) · pl ekran (movie viewing area) · ro paravan (physical divider) · gl pantalla (viewing area of electronic output device) · pl przesiew (genetics: technique used to identify genes) · de Paravent (physical divider) · fi kilpi (physical divider) · hu redőny (physical divider) · ka ეკრანი (viewing area of electronic output device) · hu szita (material woven from fine wires) · ka ეკრანი (movie viewing area) · ca pantalla (viewing area of electronic output device) · pt ecrã (viewing area of electronic output device) · ko 스크린 (movie viewing area) · fi seulonta (genetics: technique used to identify genes) · mi rī (physical divider) · ru экра́н (viewing area of electronic output device) · hu mozivászon (movie viewing area) · mi ārai (physical divider) · hu védőrács (physical divider) · it paravento (physical divider) · fi näyttö (viewing area of electronic output device) · gl biombo (physical divider) · fi verkko (material woven from fine wires) · as আঁৰ (physical divider) · et ekraan (viewing area of electronic output device) · fr paravent (physical divider) · ajp شاشة (viewing area of electronic output device) · ru се́тка (material woven from fine wires) · cs síto (printing: stencil upon framed mesh) · uk екра́н (movie viewing area) · hu rács (physical divider) · mi papa whakaata (movie viewing area) · tk ekran (viewing area of electronic output device) · de Bildschirm (viewing area of electronic output device) · ca mampara (physical divider) · th ฉาก (region of a video game) · ca pantalla (movie viewing area) · ja 画面 (viewing area of electronic output device) · eo nivelo (region of a video game) · sk obrazovka (viewing area of electronic output device) · da skærm (physical divider) · de Leinwand (movie viewing area) · th จอ (viewing area of electronic output device) · ar حِجَاب (physical divider) · ca xarxa (baseball: protective netting) · fr écran (viewing area of electronic output device) · nb billedskjerm (viewing area of electronic output device) · ast mampara (physical divider) · fi seinäke (architecture: dwarf wall or partition) · hy էկրան (physical divider) · fi suojaverkko (baseball: protective netting) · th จอภาพ (viewing area of electronic output device) · lt ekranas (viewing area of electronic output device) · ga criathar (material woven from fine wires) · el ηθμός (material woven from fine wires) · de Sichtschutz (physical divider) · km អេក្រង់ (movie viewing area) · da billedskærm (viewing area of electronic output device) · prs جَالِی (material woven from fine wires) · wa waitroûle (viewing area of electronic output device) · uk екра́н (viewing area of electronic output device) · bn পর্দা (viewing area of electronic output device) · sh èkrān (viewing area of electronic output device) · hu monitor (viewing area of electronic output device) · nn skjerm (movie viewing area) · hu vetítővászon (movie viewing area) · nb skjerm (movie viewing area) · ca pantalla (physical divider) · bg мре́жа за прозо́рец (material woven from fine wires) · eo ekranego (physical divider) · bn স্ক্রীন (movie viewing area) · my တင်းထိမ် (physical divider) · bg си́то (mining: stone classification device) · mi papa whakaata (viewing area of electronic output device) · acw شاشة (viewing area of electronic output device) · ru табло́ (viewing area of electronic output device) · ru экра́н (physical divider) · de Insektengitter (material woven from fine wires) · lo ໜ້າຈໍ (viewing area of electronic output device) · mi mata (viewing area of electronic output device) · af skerm (viewing area of electronic output device) · vo nünömaskrin (viewing area of electronic output device) · as বেৰ (physical divider) · hu kijelző (viewing area of electronic output device) · mn дэлгэц (viewing area of electronic output device) · as ইস্ক্ৰিন (viewing area of electronic output device) · yi עקראַן (movie viewing area) · da skærm (viewing area of electronic output device) · ru ши́рма (physical divider) · uz ekran (viewing area of electronic output device) · nb lerret (movie viewing area) · gl bortel (material woven from fine wires) · ro ecran (physical divider) · gl sirgo (material woven from fine wires) · es pantalla (physical divider) · gd sgàilean (physical divider) · he מָסָךְ (movie viewing area)