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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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Sharareh Drury, People.com, 13 May 2025
LaBeouf and Mamet have teamed up for the upcoming Henry Johnson, a big-screen adaptation of Mamet's 2023 play and his first feature in more than a decade.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 May 2025
Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 17 May 2025
The Little Sister stars big screen debutant Nadia Melliti as 17-year-old Fatima, who is grappling with her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family, attempting to stay true to herself while reconciling different parts of her identity.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 May 2025
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Adjective
Pike ultimately landed the role that became her big-screen debut opposite Pierce Brosnan's James Bond for the 2002 spy film.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 13 May 2025
LaBeouf and Mamet have teamed up for the upcoming Henry Johnson, a big-screen adaptation of Mamet's 2023 play and his first feature in more than a decade.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
The American Pie characters from the 1999 classic movie last got together in 2012’s American Pie Reunion — the film franchise’s fourth big screen installment — to catch up 13 years after their high school graduation.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 17 May 2025
The Little Sister stars big screen debutant Nadia Melliti as 17-year-old Fatima, who is grappling with her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family, attempting to stay true to herself while reconciling different parts of her identity.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 May 2025
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“Big-screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-screen. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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