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: relating to movies or to the movie industry
She worked on the novel's big-screen adaptation.
Big-screen villains that resemble America's real-world enemies are as old as the movies themselves.—
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: having a large screen
a big-screen television
And in my experience testing big-screen phones …, it really is far more difficult to do anything on them one-handed, including typing.—John Gruber
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: the movie medium often as contrasted to television
a story adapted for the big screen
Examples of big-screen in a Sentence
Noun
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Nearly six years into his governorship, Newsom in late 2024 proposed more than doubling the state’s small- and big-screen incentives in an effort to-stem the tsunami of production and projects leaving the home of Hollywood.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
In the breakout room overlooking Coventry City’s Sky Lodge training ground — where there are sofas, a table tennis table, a dartboard and a big screen for an Xbox — Frank Lampard is reflecting with The Athletic about leading his side to the Championship title.
—Tom Burrows, New York Times, 7 May 2026
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Adjective
It’s been five years since our friendly neighborhood webslinger’s last big-screen adventure and a lot has changed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Nearly six years into his governorship, Newsom in late 2024 proposed more than doubling the state’s small- and big-screen incentives in an effort to-stem the tsunami of production and projects leaving the home of Hollywood.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Noun
Fans feeling the vapors here can loll about in actual lounge chairs while sipping their cocktails and viewing play on a big screen.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
In the breakout room overlooking Coventry City’s Sky Lodge training ground — where there are sofas, a table tennis table, a dartboard and a big screen for an Xbox — Frank Lampard is reflecting with The Athletic about leading his side to the Championship title.
—Tom Burrows, New York Times, 7 May 2026
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“Big-screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-screen. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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