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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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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
According to Antoine Fuqua, who has directed all three big-screen Equalizers, this third effort will be the last in the series for him and for Washington.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2025
Tom King, a comic book writer who is credited as a writer on next year's Supergirl, is adapting Archie comics for a big screen release, while Archie Comics CEO and publisher Jon Goldwater will co-produce the movie.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
The Masters of the Universe character, a mechanical warrior, will be voiced by Kristen Wiig in Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel’s big-budget and big-screen feature, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
According to Antoine Fuqua, who has directed all three big-screen Equalizers, this third effort will be the last in the series for him and for Washington.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
The previous big screen take of Cat in the Hat, which was live action, and starred Mike Myers, opened on Nov. 21, 2003 to $38.3M stateside ultimately grossing $101.1M domestic, a near $134M worldwide.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2025
Tom King, a comic book writer who is credited as a writer on next year's Supergirl, is adapting Archie comics for a big screen release, while Archie Comics CEO and publisher Jon Goldwater will co-produce the movie.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Big-screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-screen. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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