{
    "term": "screen",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the flat surface at the front of a television, computer, or other electronic device, on which you see pictures or information",
            "sensetop": "on the screenon screen",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a computer screen"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a monitor with a 21-inch screen"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were staring at the television screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Move your cursor to the top of the screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tessa glanced at the phone's little screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an LCD/plasma screen"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hundreds of fans watched on giant television screens."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The image came up on the screen for a few seconds.",
                    "contextForm": "on the screen"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The birds appear as red dots on the radar screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Information can be viewed on screen or printed out.",
                    "contextForm": "on screen"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the screen display"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The system was designed with a menu bar at the bottom of the screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I sat gazing at the blank screen, trying to think of something to write."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The screen flickered, and then everything went dark."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A news bulletin flashed across the screen."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news", "Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "giant", "huge"],
                "verb + screen": ["fill", "be glued to", "gaze at"],
                "screen + verb": ["show", "flash", "flicker"],
                "screen + noun": ["saver", "image", "resolution"],
                "preposition": ["on (the) screen"],
                "phrases": ["go black", "go blank"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the large flat surface that films or pictures are shown on",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **cinema/movie screen**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an eight-screen cinema"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie will be coming to your screens shortly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This film should keep you **glued to the screen** *(= unable to stop watching)* for two hours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film hits cinema screens in November."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film demands to be **seen on a** big **screen**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The star's face filled the screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the greatest comic actor ever to grace a movie screen"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cinema", "movie", "big"],
                "verb + screen": ["appear on", "grace", "bring something to"],
                "screen + noun": ["adaptation", "version", "actor"],
                "preposition": ["off screen", "on (the) screen"],
                "phrases": ["stage and screen"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "films or television in general",
            "sensetop": "on screen",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He has adapted the play for the screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some actors never watch themselves on screen.",
                    "contextForm": "on screen"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His face never **appears on screen**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was a star of **stage and screen** *(= plays and films)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a screen actor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has great screen presence *(= she makes a good impression on screen)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He made his screen debut in 1954 as a stable boy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the screen adaptation *(= film)* of John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden"
                },
                {
                    "text": "De Niro is only given a few minutes of screen time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Henry James's novel was brought to the screen by director James Ivory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Marilyn Monroe's first screen appearance"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Neil Simon's screen adaptation of his hit stage play"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is remembered mainly for her performances on screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She shares the screen with Nicole Kidman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film features screen legends James Stewart and Grace Kelly."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cinema", "movie", "big"],
                "verb + screen": ["appear on", "grace", "bring something to"],
                "screen + noun": ["adaptation", "version", "actor"],
                "preposition": ["off screen", "on (the) screen"],
                "phrases": ["stage and screen"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the data or images shown on a computer screen",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Press the F1 key to display a help screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you do a printout of this screen for me?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I posted the **screen grab** online."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a tall, flat piece of furniture or equipment that is fixed to a wall, etc. or that can be moved to divide a room or to keep one area hidden or separate",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The nurse put a screen around the bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A wooden screen hid one corner of the room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went behind the screen and changed into the ballet costume."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His desk was discreetly placed behind a screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room was divided by a folding screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a screen between the two beds."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["folding", "privacy", "security"],
                "verb + screen": ["put up"],
                "screen + noun": ["door", "window"],
                "preposition": ["behind a/​the screen", "screen between"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "something that prevents somebody from seeing or being aware of something, or that protects somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "screen (of something)behind a screen of something",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We planted a screen of tall trees.",
                    "contextForm": "screen (of something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A screen of bodyguards protected the President."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the research was conducted behind a screen of secrecy.",
                    "contextForm": "behind a screen of something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a wire or plastic net that is held in a frame and fastened on a window, or a door, to let in air but keep out insects",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do you have screens on your windows?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "a wood or stone structure in a church, that partly separates the main area from the altar or choir",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Buildings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "a system of checking a person or thing to find out whether or not something, typically a disease, is present",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You should get a health screen every couple of years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Candidates for this position must be able to pass a drug screen."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that people’s attention is on or not on something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The issue of terrorism is back on the radar screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Since the scandal broke, all other issues seem to have **disappeared off the radar screen** as far as the media is concerned."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skriːn/",
                "audio": "sc/screen/screen__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skriːn/",
                "audio": "sc/screen/screen__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin."
}