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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.—
Vanity Fair
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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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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 13 July 2025
This is a potent big-screen portable for creatives, with a juicy 24GB of system memory and a gorgeous Liquid Retina display that's bright and colorful.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The scene is shot live and then relayed onto a big screen to those seated in the auditorium.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 July 2025
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Adjective
The 2025 film will be Gardner's Superman big-screen debut, but he was first played on-screen by Matthew Settle in the 1997 television pilot Justice League of America.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 13 July 2025
This is a potent big-screen portable for creatives, with a juicy 24GB of system memory and a gorgeous Liquid Retina display that's bright and colorful.
—PC Magazine, 11 July 2025
Noun
The footage is played on a big screen in front of everyone and exposes controversial moments, from sneaky hookups and flirty chats to backstabbing and lies.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The scene is shot live and then relayed onto a big screen to those seated in the auditorium.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 July 2025
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“Big-screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-screen. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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