widescreen

wide-screen

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wahyd-skreen]
- /ˈwaɪdˈskrin/
- /ˈwaɪd.skriːn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wahyd-skreen]
- /ˈwaɪdˈskrin/

Definitions of widescreen word

adjective widescreen of, noting, or pertaining to motion pictures projected on a screen having greater width than height, usually in a ratio of 1 to 2.5. 1
noun widescreen Designed with or for a screen presenting a wide field of vision in relation to its height. 1
adjective widescreen TV, cinema: having wide aspect ratio 1
adjective widescreen A widescreen television has a screen that is wide in relation to its height. 0
adjective widescreen of or relating to a form of film projection or television broadcasting in which the screen has much greater width than height 0
adjective widescreen designating or of a film made for projection on a screen much wider than it is high: usually from a ratio of 1.66 to 1 up to 2.55 to 1 0

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Origin of widescreen

First appearance:

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

First recorded in 1950-55

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Parts of speech for Widescreen

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Widescreen

widescreen popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

widescreen usage trend in Literature

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