screenplay
noun
screen·play
ˈskrēn-ˌplā 
: the script and often shooting directions of a story prepared for movie production
Examples of screenplay in a Sentence
an award for best screenplay
each actor will be given a copy of the screenplay to study
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Back in the early 90s a group of young filmmakers make a movie whose notoriety among horror buffs, thirty years later, is undiminished by the fact that only three scenes (and a screenplay) were ever released.
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Sonic The Hedgehog writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller will write the project, and build on an earlier draft of the screenplay by Derek Kolstad.
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Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, testified that the screenplay left him bereft.
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Hess also co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Galletta.
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Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Sonic The Hedgehog writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller will write the project, and build on an earlier draft of the screenplay by Derek Kolstad.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, testified that the screenplay left him bereft.
—Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026
Hess also co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Galletta.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for screenplay
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“Screenplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenplay. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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screenplay
noun
screen·play
ˈskrēn-ˌplā
: the written form of a story prepared for film production
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