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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Ten years ago, after years of bouncing in and out of halfway homes and treatment centers, Reiner decided to co-write a screenplay based on some of his experiences.
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Steve Inskeep, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
Spielberg produces and directs Disclosure Day from a screenplay by David Koepp based on Spielberg's original story.
—Debbie Day, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
Their relationship is supposed to be taken as one that transcends time and physics, yet all the screenplay shows are montages of them doing mundane things like running in a park or flirting during meals.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
At about the same time, another Sondheim playmate, the director Herbert Ross, asked him to write a screenplay based on his Murder Game.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
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Steve Inskeep, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
Spielberg produces and directs Disclosure Day from a screenplay by David Koepp based on Spielberg's original story.
—Debbie Day, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
Their relationship is supposed to be taken as one that transcends time and physics, yet all the screenplay shows are montages of them doing mundane things like running in a park or flirting during meals.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
At about the same time, another Sondheim playmate, the director Herbert Ross, asked him to write a screenplay based on his Murder Game.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Screenplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenplay. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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screenplay
noun
screen·play
ˈskrēn-ˌplā
: the written form of a story prepared for film production
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