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{ "term": "screen", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the flat surface at the front of a television, computer, or other electronic device, on which you see pictures or information", "sensetop": "on the screenon screen", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a computer screen" }, { "text": "a monitor with a 21-inch screen" }, { "text": "They were staring at the television screen." }, { "text": "Move your cursor to the top of the screen." }, { "text": "Tessa glanced at the phone's little screen." }, { "text": "an LCD/plasma screen" }, { "text": "Hundreds of fans watched on giant television screens." }, { "text": "The image came up on the screen for a few seconds.", "contextForm": "on the screen" }, { "text": "The birds appear as red dots on the radar screen." }, { "text": "Information can be viewed on screen or printed out.", "contextForm": "on screen" }, { "text": "the screen display" }, { "text": "The system was designed with a menu bar at the bottom of the screen." }, { "text": "I sat gazing at the blank screen, trying to think of something to write." }, { "text": "The screen flickered, and then everything went dark." }, { "text": "A news bulletin flashed across the screen." } ], "topics": ["TV, radio and news", "Computers"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "giant", "huge"], "verb + screen": ["fill", "be glued to", "gaze at"], "screen + verb": ["show", "flash", "flicker"], "screen + noun": ["saver", "image", "resolution"], "preposition": ["on (the) screen"], "phrases": ["go black", "go blank"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the large flat surface that films or pictures are shown on", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a **cinema/movie screen**" }, { "text": "an eight-screen cinema" }, { "text": "The movie will be coming to your screens shortly." }, { "text": "This film should keep you **glued to the screen** *(= unable to stop watching)* for two hours." }, { "text": "The film hits cinema screens in November." }, { "text": "The film demands to be **seen on a** big **screen**." }, { "text": "The star's face filled the screen." }, { "text": "the greatest comic actor ever to grace a movie screen" } ], "topics": ["Film and theatre"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["cinema", "movie", "big"], "verb + screen": ["appear on", "grace", "bring something to"], "screen + noun": ["adaptation", "version", "actor"], "preposition": ["off screen", "on (the) screen"], "phrases": ["stage and screen"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "films or television in general", "sensetop": "on screen", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He has adapted the play for the screen." }, { "text": "Some actors never watch themselves on screen.", "contextForm": "on screen" }, { "text": "His face never **appears on screen**." }, { "text": "She was a star of **stage and screen** *(= plays and films)*." }, { "text": "a screen actor" }, { "text": "She has great screen presence *(= she makes a good impression on screen)*." }, { "text": "He made his screen debut in 1954 as a stable boy." }, { "text": "the screen adaptation *(= film)* of John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden" }, { "text": "De Niro is only given a few minutes of screen time." }, { "text": "Henry James's novel was brought to the screen by director James Ivory." }, { "text": "Marilyn Monroe's first screen appearance" }, { "text": "Neil Simon's screen adaptation of his hit stage play" }, { "text": "She is remembered mainly for her performances on screen." }, { "text": "She shares the screen with Nicole Kidman." }, { "text": "The film features screen legends James Stewart and Grace Kelly." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["cinema", "movie", "big"], "verb + screen": ["appear on", "grace", "bring something to"], "screen + noun": ["adaptation", "version", "actor"], "preposition": ["off screen", "on (the) screen"], "phrases": ["stage and screen"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "the data or images shown on a computer screen", "examples": [ { "text": "Press the F1 key to display a help screen." }, { "text": "Can you do a printout of this screen for me?" }, { "text": "I posted the **screen grab** online." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "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", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The nurse put a screen around the bed." }, { "text": "A wooden screen hid one corner of the room." }, { "text": "She went behind the screen and changed into the ballet costume." }, { "text": "His desk was discreetly placed behind a screen." }, { "text": "The room was divided by a folding screen." }, { "text": "There is a screen between the two beds." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["folding", "privacy", "security"], "verb + screen": ["put up"], "screen + noun": ["door", "window"], "preposition": ["behind a/the screen", "screen between"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "something that prevents somebody from seeing or being aware of something, or that protects somebody/something", "sensetop": "screen (of something)behind a screen of something", "labels": "(figurative)", "examples": [ { "text": "We planted a screen of tall trees.", "contextForm": "screen (of something)" }, { "text": "A screen of bodyguards protected the President." }, { "text": "All the research was conducted behind a screen of secrecy.", "contextForm": "behind a screen of something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "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", "labels": "(especially North American English)", "examples": [ { "text": "Do you have screens on your windows?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "a wood or stone structure in a church, that partly separates the main area from the altar or choir", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [], "topics": ["Buildings"] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "a system of checking a person or thing to find out whether or not something, typically a disease, is present", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "You should get a health screen every couple of years." }, { "text": "Candidates for this position must be able to pass a drug screen." } ], "topics": ["Healthcare"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that people’s attention is on or not on something", "examples": [ { "text": "The issue of terrorism is back on the radar screen." }, { "text": "Since the scandal broke, all other issues seem to have **disappeared off the radar screen** as far as the media is concerned." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/skriːn/", "audio": "sc/screen/screen__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/skriːn/", "audio": "sc/screen/screen__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin." }