(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a flat vertical surface on which pictures or words are shown. Television sets and computers have ~s, and films are shown on a ~ in cinemas.
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see also big ~ , small ~ , wide~
2.
You can refer to film or television as the ~.
Many viewers have strong opinions about violence on the ~...
She was the ideal American teenager, both on and off ~.
N-SING: the N, also on/off N
3.
When a film or a television programme is ~ed, it is shown in the cinema or broadcast on television.
The series is likely to be ~ed in January...
TV firms were later banned from ~ing any pictures of the demo.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
~ing (~ings)
The film-makers will be present at the ~ings to introduce their works.
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4.
A ~ is a vertical panel which can be moved around. It is used to keep cold air away from part of a room, or to create a smaller area within a room.
They put a ~ in front of me so I couldn’t see what was going on.
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5.
If something is ~ed by another thing, it is behind it and hidden by it.
Most of the road behind the hotel was ~ed by a block of flats.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed by n
6.
To ~ for a disease means to examine people to make sure that they do not have it.
...a quick saliva test that would ~ for people at risk of tooth decay.
VERB: V for n
~ing
Britain has an enviable record on breast ~ing for cancer.
N-VAR: usu N for n
7.
When an organization ~s people who apply to join it, it investigates them to make sure that they are not likely to cause problems.
They will ~ all their candidates.
...~ing procedures for the regiment.
VERB: V n, V-ing
8.
To ~ people or luggage means to check them using special equipment to make sure they are not carrying a weapon or a bomb.
The airline had been ~ing baggage on X-ray machines.
VERB: V n
9.
If you ~ your telephone calls, calls made to you are connected to an answering machine or are answered by someone else, so that you can choose whether or not to speak to the people phoning you.
I employ a secretary to ~ my calls.
VERB: V n