offscreen

[ awf-skreen, of- ]

/ ˈɔfˈskrin, ˈɒf- /

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adjective

occurring, existing, or done away from the motion-picture or television screen: an offscreen voice.

in real life rather than on the motion-picture or television screen: the newscaster's offscreen personality.

adverb

apart or away from motion-picture or television performances; in actual life: Offscreen he's a racing-car enthusiast.

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Origin of offscreen

First recorded in 1930–35; off + screen

Words nearby offscreen

off-roader, off-roading, off-sales, offscouring, offscourings, offscreen, off-season, offset, offset lithography, offshoot, offshore

How to use offscreen in a sentence

Ideal for 4 to 8-year-olds, it offers access to tons of content including live-action shows, curriculum-based learning games, and books, all with the goal of encouraging offscreen active play, fueling curiosity, and boosting academic skills.
5 things to do with your kids at home (without spending a lot of money)|Quinn Gawronski|June 28, 2021|Popular-Science
For as much as the Fast & Furious movies portray a family onscreen, the franchise has occasionally entered contentious territory offscreen.
The rise and rise and rise of the Fast & Furious franchise|Emily VanDerWerff|June 25, 2021|Vox
Such situations occur when carousels load and cache content for offscreen slides.
Google changes Core Web Vitals metrics; How to use lab and field data for optimization|Detlef Johnson|June 8, 2021|Search Engine Land
The company even took the gambit offscreen, launching a new board game franchise, Disney Villainous, in 2018, that encourages characters to play as its most popular evil characters and triumph over the forces of wholesomeness.
Why it’s so satisfying to root for Disney villains|Aja Romano|May 28, 2021|Vox

Meanwhile, the entire debacle has been complicated by the fact that as it has unfolded, The Bachelor has continued to air as it normally would, with few onscreen hints of the offscreen turmoil.
The Bachelor’s messy, uneven, and long-overdue reckoning with racism, explained|Li Zhou|March 12, 2021|Vox
Sadly, the internal strife onscreen was shadowed by turmoil offscreen.
Spartacus Hero Liam McIntyre’s Unlikely Rise into the Role|Adam Auriemma|January 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Offscreen, he is the Nascar set's totemic badass, the God-fearing patriot who walks the walk.
Chuck Norris Turns 70|Sean Macaulay|December 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He scowled at the offscreen miscreant who had mistakenly summoned him.
The Impossible Voyage Home|Floyd L. Wallace
Al, the pilot, was actually interviewed by an offscreen voice!
Operation: Outer Space|William Fitzgerald Jenkins