screen
noun
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
screens
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pluralof screen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof screen (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
screennouna movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
Example Sentences
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Watch Duty notifications lit up residents’ screens: A fire had started on the other side of the mountains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Bennett added: "If you see your face on social media or perhaps on one of our screens in our libraries, our leisure centres, you're going to think twice about wanting to fly tip again."
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
I passed by auditoriums with heavily fractionalized pie-charts projected onto massive screens.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
They said he often showed his brokerage screens on livestreams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
All the window screens blink, and my grandmother, the president, appears on them.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
