I.
noun
1 on a TV, computer, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , giant , huge , large
▪ small , tiny
▪ blank
▪
I sat gazing at the blank ~, trying to think of something to write.
▪ full , split
▪ computer , laptop , radar , television , TV , video
▪ display
▪ projection , projector
▪ colour/color
▪ flat , wide (usually widescreen )
▪
a flat-screen TV
▪ LCD , plasma
▪ touch
▪ 17-inch , 48-inch , etc.
VERB + SCREEN
▪ fill
▪
The star's face filled the ~.
▪ be glued to , gaze at , look at , stare at , watch
SCREEN + VERB
▪ show
▪ flash , flicker
▪
The ~ flickered, and then everything went dark.
▪ fade
SCREEN + NOUN
▪ saver
▪ image
▪ resolution , size
▪ name
PREPOSITION
▪ on (the) ~
▪
Information can be viewed on ~ or printed out.
▪
The image came up on the ~ for a few seconds.
PHRASES
▪ go black , go blank
▪
The ~ suddenly went black.
2 films/movies or television in general
ADJECTIVE
▪ cinema ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE )
▪ big , small
▪
big-screen entertainment
(= at the cinema)
▪
She appears regularly on the small ~ ( = on television ).
▪ silver (= the film/movie industry) ( old-fashioned )
VERB + SCREEN
▪ appear on , grace
▪
the greatest comic actor ever to grace a movie ~
▪ bring sth to
▪
Henry James's novel was brought to the ~ by director James Ivory.
▪ share
▪
She shares the ~ with Nicole Kidman.
SCREEN + NOUN
▪ adaptation , version
▪
Neil Simon's ~ adaptation of his hit stage play
▪ actor , beauty ( esp. BrE ), legend , star
▪
The film features ~ legends James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
▪ persona
▪
Bogart's ~ persona as a cynical anti-hero
▪ presence
▪ appearance
▪
Marilyn Monroe's first ~ appearance
▪ time
▪
De Niro is only given a few minutes of ~ time.
▪ test
▪ debut
▪ career
PREPOSITION
▪ off ~
▪
They play deadly rivals in the show but they are good friends off ~.
▪ on (the) ~
▪
She is remembered mainly for her performances on ~.
PHRASES
▪ stage and ~
▪
stars of stage and ~
3 partition
ADJECTIVE
▪ folding
▪
The room was divided by a folding ~.
▪ privacy ( esp. AmE ), security
VERB + SCREEN
▪ put up
SCREEN + NOUN
▪ door , window (both AmE )
▪
I opened the ~ door and stepped out onto the porch.
PREPOSITION
▪ behind a/the ~
▪
His desk was discreetly placed behind a ~.
▪ ~ between
▪
There is a ~ between the two beds.
II.
verb
1 check sb/sth for faults/illnesses
ADVERB
▪ carefully
▪
All foster parents are carefully ~ed.
▪ routinely
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
All pregnant women are to be ~ed for the infection.
2 show sth on television or in a cinema/movie theater
ADVERB
▪ live
▪
The race will be ~ed live on TV.
Screen is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ television
Screen is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ applicant , ↑ application , ↑ baggage , ↑ call , ↑ candidate , ↑ employee , ↑ film , ↑ luggage , ↑ movie , ↑ passenger , ↑ programme , ↑ series , ↑ videotape