wide-screen

adjective

ˈwīd-ˈskrēn How to pronounce wide-screen (audio)
: of or relating to a projected picture whose aspect ratio is substantially greater than 1.33:1

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Set the scene Deliberately designed like a modern-day Acropolis, Amanzoe is poised on a hilltop with wide-screen views of the rolling valleys and smooth seas of the Peloponnese. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 The Galaxy games helped to establish a newfound sense of importance for game soundtracks even beyond their medium—wide-screen ambition was not just for Hollywood scores. — Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 9 May 2026 The life of the rural region is framed in airy and luminous wide-screen images that recur with a lyrical vision of vast arcs of time amid dramatic social change. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026 VistaVision, a high-resolution wide-screen film format developed by Paramount Pictures engineers in 1954 to compete with Twentieth Century-Fox’s CinemaScope format in Hollywood’s effort to draw viewers away from television and back to movie theaters. — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wide-screen

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wide-screen was in 1949

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“Wide-screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-screen. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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