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Collocations for screen - noun

1. on a TV, computer, etc.

ADJECTIVE

big, giant, huge, large
small, tiny
blank
I sat gazing at the blank screen, trying to think of something to write.
full, split
computer, laptop, radar, television, TV, video
display
projection, projector
colour/color
flat, wide (usually widescreen)
a flat-screen TV
LCD, plasma
touch
17-inch, 48-inch, etc.

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VERB + screen

fill
The star's face filled the screen.
be glued to, gaze at, look at, stare at, watch

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screen + VERB

show
flash, flicker
The screen flickered, and then everything went dark.
fade

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screen + NOUN

saver
image
resolution, size
name

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PREPOSITION

on (the) screen
Information can be viewed on screen or printed out.
The image came up on the screen for a few seconds.

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PHRASES

go black, go blank
The screen suddenly went black.

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2. films/movies or television in general

ADJECTIVE

cinema (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE)
big, small
big-screen entertainment
She appears regularly on the small screen (= on television).
silver (= the film/movie industry)

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VERB + screen

appear on, grace
the greatest comic actor ever to grace a movie screen
bring sth to
Henry James's novel was brought to the screen by director James Ivory.
share
She shares the screen with Nicole Kidman.

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screen + NOUN

adaptation, version
Neil Simon's screen adaptation of his hit stage play
actor, beauty (esp. BrE), legend, star
The film features screen legends James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
persona
Bogart's screen persona as a cynical anti-hero
presence
appearance
Marilyn Monroe's first screen appearance
time
De Niro is only given a few minutes of screen time.
test
debut
career

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PREPOSITION

off screen
They play deadly rivals in the show but they are good friends off screen.
on (the) screen
She is remembered mainly for her performances on screen.

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PHRASES

stage and screen
stars of stage and screen

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3. partition

ADJECTIVE

folding
The room was divided by a folding screen.
privacy (esp. AmE), security

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VERB + screen

put up

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screen + NOUN

door, window (both AmE)
I opened the screen door and stepped out onto the porch.

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PREPOSITION

behind a/the screen
His desk was discreetly placed behind a screen.
screen between
There is a screen between the two beds.

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Collocations for screen - verb

1. check sb/sth for faults/illnesses

ADVERB

carefully
All foster parents are carefully screened.
routinely

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PREPOSITION

for
All pregnant women are to be screened for the infection.

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2. show sth on television or in a cinema/movie theater

ADVERB

live
The race will be screened live on TV.

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Screen is used with these nouns as the subject:
television

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Screen is used with these nouns as the object:
applicant, application, baggage, call, candidate, employee, film, luggage, movie, passenger, programme, series, videotape

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