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big screen

noun

Definition of big screennext
as in film
the art or business of making a movie many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen

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Recent Examples of big screen One popular exhibit has visitors getting a picture taken of their eye, and seeing it up close on a big screen. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 There's a version of this story where premium format growth is treated as an unambiguous good, a sign that people still love the communal experience of a big screen. — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 No music is playing, and local TV news was airing on a big screen. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Rather than allowing students to watch videos on their own devices, most teachers reported showing videos on a big screen to the entire class. — Cody Pritchard, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for big screen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for big screen
  1. film
  2. movie
  3. filmmaking
  4. silver screen
  5. pictures
Noun
  • It was overshadowed completely by the film adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by my countryman Norman Jewison and released a few months after our film, to big crowds and grosses.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Hollywood’s leading studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), intended the film to be an important one; it had been allocated one of the largest budgets in cinematic history, two million dollars.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of film
Noun
  • But this element does pop up in your movies, the idea that New York exists in nature.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Then, further research changed that view, replacing it with the active, bird-like animal shown in the movie Jurassic Park.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of movie
Noun
  • La Gradiva takes a tragic turn in its final act that forces a reexamination of the loose, observant filmmaking that led to it.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Universal acclaim or not, the film launched his groundbreaking directing career and helped usher in a new era of Black independent filmmaking.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of filmmaking
Noun
  • Seashell cocktail goblets, sumptuous carpets, and soft fabric wall drapes in dreamy baby blue evoke silver screen-era Vegas.
    — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The days of simply projecting films onto a silver screen are going the way of silent movies.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of silver screen
Noun
  • Cuoco also added a few mirror selfies of her baby belly, as well as pictures from throughout her pregnancy so far.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Nine deaths bring nine funerals and the front pages of the two local newspapers, the Middlesbrough Gazette and the Northern Echo, both carry pictures of the previous day’s ceremony for PC Matthew Blades in nearby Hartlepool.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of pictures

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“Big screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20screen. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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