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Once you become the story off-screen, you are less likely to be the onscreen one.
Max Irons

Meaning of "off-screen" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OFF-SCREEN

off-screen  [ˌɒfˈskriːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OFF-SCREEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Off-Screen is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES OFF-SCREEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of off-screen in the English dictionary

The definition of off-screen in the dictionary is you use off-screen to refer to the real lives of film or television actors, in contrast with the lives of the characters they play.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OFF-SCREEN


bescreen
bɪˈskriːn
choir-screen
ˈkwaɪəˌskriːn
flatscreen
ˈflætˌskriːn
flyscreen
ˈflaɪˌskriːn
Hippocrene
ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn
multiscreen
ˈmʌltɪˌskriːn
on-screen
ˌɒnˈskriːn
paracrine
ˈpærəˌkriːn
prescreen
priːˈskriːn
quinacrine
ˈkwɪnəˌkriːn
rescreen
riːˈskriːn
screen
skriːn
silkscreen
ˈsɪlkskriːn
skreen
skriːn
sunscreen
ˈsʌnˌskriːn
superscreen
ˈsuːpərˌskriːn
tacrine
ˈtækriːn
telescreen
ˈtɛlɪˌskriːn
widescreen
ˈwaɪdˌskriːn
windscreen
ˈwɪndˌskriːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFF-SCREEN

off-off-Broadway
off-peak
off-piste
off-putting
off-ramp
off-reserve
off-road
off-roader
off-roading
off-sales
off-season
off-site
off-street
off-street parking
off-the-cuff
off-the-job
off-the-job training
off-the-peg
off-the-record
off-the-shelf

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFF-SCREEN

big screen
blue screen
computer screen
display screen
fire screen
flat screen
green
plasma screen
radar screen
safety screen
shower screen
silent screen
silver screen
small screen
smoke screen
split screen
television screen
the screen
the silver screen
touch screen
video screen

Synonyms and antonyms of off-screen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «off-screen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFF-SCREEN

Find out the translation of off-screen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of off-screen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «off-screen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

关屏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fuera de la pantalla
570 millions of speakers

English

off-screen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऑफ स्क्रीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خارج الشاشة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

за кадром
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fora da tela
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধ-স্ক্রীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hors de l´écran
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Off-screen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Off-Screen -
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オフスクリーン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오프 스크린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati layar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tắt màn hình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திரையை விட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑफ-स्क्रीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ekran dışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

off -screen
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

off - screen
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

за кадром
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

off - screen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκτός οθόνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

off- skerm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

off -screen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

off-screen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of off-screen

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFF-SCREEN»

The term «off-screen» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.023 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFF-SCREEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about off-screen

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QUOTES WITH «OFF-SCREEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word off-screen.
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Max Irons
Once you become the story off-screen, you are less likely to be the onscreen one.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFF-SCREEN»

Discover the use of off-screen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to off-screen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and ...
The legendary talk show host's humorous reminiscences and pointed commentary on the great figures he has known, and culture and politics today For years, Dick Cavett played host to the nation's most famous personalities on his late-night ...
Dick Cavett, 2010
2
Off Screen: Women and Film in Italy: Seminar on Italian and ...
Women and Film in Italy: Seminar on Italian and American Directions Giuliana Bruno, Maria Nadotti. fluid relationship between the inner and the outer, the self and the other, was sought. In the experience of collective textual analysis, which  ...
Giuliana Bruno, Maria Nadotti, 2013
3
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck: On and Off Screen
Recounts the lives and careers of the two friends who are a screenwriting team as well as actors, provides information about related subjects and Web sites, and offers trivia quizzes
Sheryl Altman, Sheryl Berk, 1998
4
Computer-Human Interaction: 8th Asia-Pacific Conference, ...
8th Asia-Pacific Conference, APCHI 2008 Seoul, Korea, July 6-9, 2008, Proceedings Seongil Lee. Acquisition of Off-Screen Object by Predictive Jumping Kazuki Takashima1, Sriram Subramanian2, Takayuki Tsukitani1, Yoshifumi Kitamura1, ...
Seongil Lee, 2008
5
Spanish Film and the Postwar Novel: Reading and Watching ...
No viewer has ever successfully tried to enter into the flatness of the screen. On the other hand, the represented space is read by the viewer as a tridimensional space thanks to the representation of movement and depth. Off-screen space can  ...
Norberto Mínguez-Arranz, 2002
6
Sweethearts: The Timeless Love Affair -- On-Screen and Off ...
"Sweethearts" is the true story of one of Hollywood's greatest cover-ups: the love affair between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.
Sharon Rich, 2001
7
Cinephilia and History, or The Wind in the Trees
Noel Burch notes that, of the six zones of off-screen space, it is the one behind the camera— the direction in which the boy on the corner is looking — that is most distinct, most troubling perhaps because it alerts us to that most unseeable of ...
Christian Keathley, 2005
8
Introduction to Media Production: The Path to Digital Media ...
Sounds can create a realistic background or a unique, abstract, impressionistic world. Sound and image relationships can be divided into four oppositional categories: (1) on-screen versus off-screen sounds, (2) commentative versus actual ...
Robert B. Musburger, Gorham Anders Kindem, 2009
9
Directed by Steven Spielberg: Poetics of the Contemporary ...
(8) Noel Burch defines the fundamental opposition in film space as that between on-screen and off-screen spaces (Burch 1981, pp. 17-31). Onscreen space names the space inside the film frame, and off-screen space lies beyond the film  ...
Warren Buckland, 2006
10
The Medium of the Video Game
Mark J. P. Wolf One of the many elements shared by film, television, and video games is the use of on-screen and off-screen space in the creation of a diegetic world. While the video game's use of space relied on precedents set in other media ...
Mark J. P. Wolf, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFF-SCREEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term off-screen is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation: EW review
Regardless of whatever off-screen P.R. briar patches or on-screen missteps Cruise has weathered over the past decade, the Mission: ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
2
Ruby Rose blown away on meeting Orange Is The New Black's …
But Australian actress Ruby Rose, 29, has revealed that off-screen she was blown away by meeting Laura Prepon, who plays Alex. 'The only ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Brent Spiner beaming down for FanCon
As a testament to what an appreciated guy Spiner is off-screen and behind the scenes to his fellow cast members, he was asked to be a ... «Prince George Citizen, Jul 15»
4
Chloe Lukasiak dances past Dance Moms drama
The explosive drama on season 4 of Dance Moms left viewers reeling…and Abby Lee Miller without three of her dancers. While off-screen ... «Starcasm.net, Jul 15»
5
Ubuntu Phone review: years in the making, but still not consumer …
Like other operating systems, you swipe apps off-screen to close them. I don't have any problem with these swiping gestures per se, but the left ... «Engadget, Jul 15»
6
Movie-themed toys sure to be a hit for summer
To get your off-screen hedgehog fix, check out the new Sonic the Hedgehog Tails Plane ($29.99), which comes with a moving propeller, ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»
7
Day: Bill Cosby is not Cliff Huxtable
I am struggling to find a way to square his on-screen brilliance with the off-screen horror. The Cosby Show, in its day, did as much to influence ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
8
Magic Mike XXL
The film contains a debased view of human sexuality, including implicit approval of an off-screen casual encounter, brief but nasty irreverence, ... «Catholic News Service, Jul 15»
9
Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen dating rumours (Glamour.com …
Two months ago, Us Weekly reported that Tom and Elizabeth had taken their romance off-screen, but that the couple were taking things slowly. «Ledger Gazette, Jul 15»
10
Anupam and anything can happen any time
But behind that, celebrities' off-screen lives are as personal as anybody else's. So, they should not be disturbed there,” he said. Anupam, who's ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Off-Screen [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/off-screen>. Apr 2024 ».
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