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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 movie medium often as contrasted to television
a story adapted for the big screen
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Noun
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
That’s because what’s up onscreen is absolutely enchanting, a big-screen musical extravaganza that whisks you away from everyday cares, and belts it out at all the appropriate times.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Bychris Morris, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2024
This will be followed by Gunn’s big screen rendition of Superman on July 11, 2025.
DC’s HBO series The Penguin continues to break viewership records averaging 1.8 million U.S. cross-platform viewers, the drama’s strongest single-day performance for the overall series in the states on Oct. 20.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Also in the mix for next year, Legendary has A Minecraft Movie at Warners, the big-screen take of the massively popular computer game.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
That’s because what’s up onscreen is absolutely enchanting, a big-screen musical extravaganza that whisks you away from everyday cares, and belts it out at all the appropriate times.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
The best way to watch any sort of network programming for free on a big screen is with a good HD antenna.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2024
This will be followed by Gunn’s big screen rendition of Superman on July 11, 2025.
DC’s HBO series The Penguin continues to break viewership records averaging 1.8 million U.S. cross-platform viewers, the drama’s strongest single-day performance for the overall series in the states on Oct. 20.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Big-screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-screen. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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