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screen·play

(skrēn′plā′)

The script for a movie, including descriptions of scenes and some camera directions.

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screenplay

(ˈskriːnˌpleɪ)

(Film) the script for a film, including instructions for sets and camera work

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

screen•play

(ˈskrinˌpleɪ)

n.

1. the outline or full script of a motion picture; scenario.

2. Older Use. a motion picture.

[1915–20]

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Noun

screenplay - a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets

playscript, script, book - a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

Translations

نَص الفِلْم، مَخْطوطَة الفِلْم

scénář

drejebog

Fernsehspiel

guión script

käsikirjoitus

scénario

forgatóköny

kvikmyndahandrit

sceneggiatura copione

filmmanuskript

сценарий

film metnisenaryo

电影剧本

screenplay

[ˈskriːnpleɪ] N → guión m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

screenplay

[ˈskriːnpleɪ] n → scénario mscreen print n → sérigraphie fscreen-printed [ˈskriːnprɪntɪd] adj [design, T-shirt] → sérigraphié(e)screen printing n → sérigraphie fscreen rights npl → droits mpl d'adaptation cinématographique

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

screenplay

[ˈskriːnˌpleɪ] n → sceneggiatura

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

screen

(skriːn) noun

1. a flat, movable, often folding, covered framework for preventing a person etc from being seen, for decoration, or for protection from heat, cold etc. Screens were put round the patient's bed; a tapestry fire-screen.

2. anything that so protects etc a person etc. He hid behind the screen of bushes; a smokescreen.

3. the surface on which films or television pictures appear. cinema/television/radar screen.

verb

1. to hide, protect or shelter. The tall grass screened him from view.

2. to make or show a cinema film.

3. to test for loyalty, reliability etc.

4. to test for a disease. Women should be regularly screened for cancer.

ˈscreenplay noun

the script of a film.

the screen cinema or television films: You can see him on the screen quite often; adjective (etc)

screen actors.

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