screening

noun

screen·​ing ˈskrē-niŋ 

1

: the act or process of one that screens

2

screenings plural in form but singular or plural in construction : material (such as waste or fine coal) separated out by means of a screen

3

: metal or plastic mesh (as for window screens)

4

: a showing of a movie

Examples of screening in a Sentence

methods of screening for cancer

Players must pass three random drug screenings.

Federal agents handle passenger and luggage screening at the airport.

The company will be conducting applicant screenings Wednesday.

Recent Examples on the Web

For instance, Gosling and Blunt presented stunt performer Logan Holladay with a Guinness World Record for most cannon rolls in a car at a March screening of the film in Los Angeles. —Sharareh Drury, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025

Arab Film Festival at museum The 14th San Diego Arab Film Festival continues through April 13 at the Museum of Photographic Arts at the San Diego Museum of Art, with screenings of films, both features and shorts, created by Arab world filmmakers. —Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025

What To Know The TSA PreCheck program expedites traveler screening at more than 200 U.S. airports and is supported by 90-plus airlines. —David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025

Some screenings scored so high on the chaos scale that the police were called. —Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for screening

• cleaning
• gleaning
• greening
• keening
• leaning
• meaning
• peening
• preening
• weaning
• careening
• convening
• demeaning

Kids Definition

screening

noun

screen·​ing ˈskrē-niŋ 

: a net (as of metal or plastic) used especially for screens