screen
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A flat surface that displays images, or a dividing panel
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
skreenIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈskɹin
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
“A screen of trees afforded privacy.”
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
miningquarrying
A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
Various forms or formats of information display
verb
Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
To shelter or conceal.
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
To filter by passing through a screen.
To fit with a screen.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
Used this way, screen is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use screen
- “A screen of trees afforded privacy.”noun
- “They put screens in the windows for protection against insects.”noun
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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The display of a motion picture.
A guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An imagined memory of a childhood experience.
Partition by means of a divider, such as a screen.
Examine in order to test suitability.
A short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockers.
A moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time.
A filmed audition of an actor or actress.
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