screen

CEFRA2

/ˈskɹiːn/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A flat surface that shows images or information.

  2. 02

    verb

    To examine people or things to find suitable ones.

Examples

  • Come closer in order that you may see the screen better.

  • No matter what he plays on the screen, Tom looks great.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

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noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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 frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passag...

  2. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.

  3. A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.

More examples

In context

  • The match was shown on a giant screen outside the town hall.

  • Jones caught the foul up against the screen.

  • a drug screen, a genetic screen

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Dutch scherm (“screen”), German Schirm (“screen”). Doublet of scherm. An alternative etymology derives Old French escren, escran from Old Dutch *scranc (“barrier”) (compare Middle Dutch schranc, schranke (“palisade, trellis, grid”), German Schrank (“cupboard, cabinet”), German Schranke (“fen...