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- [skreen]
- /skrin/
- /skriːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skreen]
- /skrin/
Definitions of screen word
- noun screen a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc. 1
- noun screen a permanent, usually ornamental partition, as around the choir of a church or across the hall of a medieval house. 1
- noun screen a specially prepared, light-reflecting surface on which motion pictures, slides, etc., may be projected. 1
- noun screen Electronics. a surface on which electronically created images or text are displayed, as on a television, computer, mobile device, or radar receiver. 1
- noun screen Digital Technology. frame (def 10). 1
- noun screen motion pictures collectively or the motion-picture industry. 1
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Origin of screen
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English screne (noun) < Anglo-French; Old French escren (French écran) < Frankish *skrank, cognate with Old High German scrank barrier (German Schrank cupboard)
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Parts of speech for Screen
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
screen popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
screen usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for screen
noun screen
- absorber — a person or thing that absorbs
- adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
- appearance — When someone makes an appearance at a public event or in a broadcast, they take part in it.
- arbor — An arbor is a shelter in a garden which is formed by leaves and stems of plants growing close together over a light framework.
- brolly — A brolly is the same as an umbrella.
verb screen
- antiqued — An antiqued object is modern but has been made to look like an antique.
- antiquing — of or belonging to the past; not modern.
- babysit — If you babysit for someone or babysit their children, you look after their children while they are out.
- beat off — to drive back; repel
- befog — to surround with fog
Antonyms for screen
verb screen
- loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
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