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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
Examples of big-screen in a Sentence
Noun
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Evan Drellich, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Each That film is The Piano Lesson, the big-screen adaptation of the August Wilson play that stars Danielle Deadwyler, Samuel L. Jackson and the director’s older brother, John David Washington.
—Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
The series, set to span more than 10 years, is currently expected to debut late next year or in early 2027, over a quarter of a century after the first big screen blockbuster in 2001.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
There are monitors, big-screen televisions all over our ballparks that display the feed of the game.
—Evan Drellich, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Each That film is The Piano Lesson, the big-screen adaptation of the August Wilson play that stars Danielle Deadwyler, Samuel L. Jackson and the director’s older brother, John David Washington.
—Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
Captain America: Brave New World marks a new beginning for the titular hero, as Anthony Mackie officially takes over the role for his first big screen mission carrying the shield.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
The series, set to span more than 10 years, is currently expected to debut late next year or in early 2027, over a quarter of a century after the first big screen blockbuster in 2001.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Big-screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-screen. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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