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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
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Noun
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
For five consecutive Fridays, Green Street Market in downtown will be the site for live music, food trucks, games on big-screen TVs and more.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
On April 16, the TV Academy in North Hollywood was packed to the gills for a screening of the season two finale — which looked particularly stunning on a big screen — followed by an impressive Q&A and reception with Thornton, Larter, Elliott, Moore, Randolph, Lofland and Chávez.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
People munched on cheese cubes and cheesecake bites or fanned themselves in the shade, watching on big-screen televisions as the old guard said their goodbyes inside the council chambers.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
For five consecutive Fridays, Green Street Market in downtown will be the site for live music, food trucks, games on big-screen TVs and more.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
His big screen credits also include Inventing the Abbotts, The Postman, John Q, Alpha Dog, Public Enemies, and Unstoppable.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
On April 16, the TV Academy in North Hollywood was packed to the gills for a screening of the season two finale — which looked particularly stunning on a big screen — followed by an impressive Q&A and reception with Thornton, Larter, Elliott, Moore, Randolph, Lofland and Chávez.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Big-screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-screen. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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