screen
verb/skriːn/
/skriːn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they screen | /skriːn/ /skriːn/ |
| he / she / it screens | /skriːnz/ /skriːnz/ |
| past simple screened | /skriːnd/ /skriːnd/ |
| past participle screened | /skriːnd/ /skriːnd/ |
| -ing form screening | /ˈskriːnɪŋ/ /ˈskriːnɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] screen something to show a film, etc. in a cinema or on television
- a list of films to be screened as part of the festival
- The fight was screened live all over the world.
- The second episode will be screened at the same time tomorrow.
- The programme was screened on 24 December.
Collocations TelevisionTelevisionWatchingTopics Film and theatreb2, TV, radio and newsb2- watch television/TV/a show/(British English) a programme/(North American English) a program/a documentary/a pilot/a rerun/a repeat
- see (especially British English) an ad/(especially North American English) a commercial/the news/the weather
- catch/miss a show/a programme/a program/an episode/the news
- pick up/reach for/grab the remote (control)
- change/switch channel
- surf (through)/ (especially North American English) flip through/ (especially British English) flick through the channels
- sit in front of/switch on/switch off/turn on/turn off the television/the TV/the TV set
- have/install satellite (TV)/cable (TV)/a satellite dish
- show a programme/a documentary/an ad/a commercial
- screen a programme/a documentary
- run an ad/a commercial
- broadcast/ (especially North American English) air/repeat a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a series
- go out/air/be recorded live
- attract/draw (in)/pull (in) viewers
- be a hit with viewers/audiences/critics
- get (low/high) ratings
- be on/appear on television/TV/a TV show
- take part in a phone-in/a game show/a quiz show/a reality TV show
- host a show/a programme/series/a game show/a quiz show/a talk show/(British English) a chat show
- be/become/work as a/an (British English) TV presenter/talk-show host/sports commentator/anchorman/(British English) newsreader
- read/present the news
- appear/perform live (on TV)
- do/film/make a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a pilot/a series/an ad/a commercial
- work on a soap (opera)/a pilot (episode)/a sitcom
- write/produce a drama/sitcom/spin-off/comedy series
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- live
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- [often passive] screen somebody (for something) to examine people in order to find out if they have a particular disease or illness
- Men over 55 should be regularly screened for prostate cancer.
Extra ExamplesTopics Healthcarec1- All pregnant women are to be screened for the infection.
- 10% of the patients screened were found to have tuberculosis.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- routinely
- for
- screen somebody (of a company, an organization, etc.) to find out information about people who work or who want to work for you in order to make sure that they can be trusted
- Government employees may be screened by the security services.
- All foster parents are carefully screened.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- routinely
- for
- screen something to check something to see if it is suitable or if you want it
- I use my voicemail to screen my phone calls.
- screen something/somebody (from something/somebody) to hide or protect something/somebody by placing something in front of or around them synonym shield
- Dark glasses screened his eyes from the sun.
- She was driven away from the court, her face screened by a magazine.
Extra Examples- The building is completely screened from the road by high bushes.
- The shed is neatly screened by a hedge.
- (figurative) A wide range of government activities were screened from public view.
- screen somebody from somebody/something to protect somebody from something dangerous or unpleasant, especially to protect somebody who has done something illegal or dishonest synonym shield
show film/movie/programme
for disease
check
hide something/somebody
protect somebody
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin.
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