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: relating to movies or to the movie industry
She worked on the novel's big-screen adaptation.
Big-screen villains that resemble America's real-world enemies are as old as the movies themselves.—
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: having a large screen
a big-screen television
And in my experience testing big-screen phones …, it really is far more difficult to do anything on them one-handed, including typing.—John Gruber
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: the motion-picture medium often as contrasted to television
a story adapted for the big screen
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Examples of big-screen in a Sentence
Noun
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
Recent Examples on the WebScott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024
The stage musical, based on a Gregory Maguire novel, has been split into two parts for its big-screen debut.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 July 2024
Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
My Dinner with Andre This one certainly doesn’t require a big screen to enjoy.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 17 June 2024
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Adjective
In 2022, Italy’s National Museum of Cinema in Turin invited Spacey to give a master class and celebrated his big-screen comeback with a role in the Italian feature The Man Who Drew God, directed by Franco Nero, which premiered at the Torino Film Festival.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024
The stage musical, based on a Gregory Maguire novel, has been split into two parts for its big-screen debut.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 July 2024
Noun
In addition to showcasing the family's Lego projects, Teigen also shared photos of a Scooby Doo movie playing on a big screen, a pic of her family in the pool, Esti drinking a green smoothie, and a snap of herself holding Wren.
—Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
My Dinner with Andre This one certainly doesn’t require a big screen to enjoy.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 17 June 2024
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“Big-screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-screen. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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