Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a large screen.
- adjective Of or relating to movies shown in theaters.
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Examples
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Stephen King's grand opus The Stand is finally getting the big-screen treatment.
Stephen King's 'The Stand' Heading To The Big Screen The Hollywood Reporter 2011
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Stephen King s grand opus The Stand is finally getting the big-screen treatment.
Stephen King's 'The Stand' Heading To The Big Screen The Hollywood Reporter 2011
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She will next appear in the big-screen adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road and in the new Muppets film.
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Stephen King's grand opus The Stand is finally getting the big-screen treatment.
Stephen King's 'The Stand' Heading To The Big Screen The Hollywood Reporter 2011
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As "Rango" heads into its second weekend hoping to have legs it debuted with a $38 million domestic take, it extends a bolder invitation than many animated films do: The film offers big-screen nostalgia.
Land of allusion: 'Rango' is a double-barreled valentine to Hollywood 2011
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People at the Green Bank Tennis Club on Beijing's northern edge gathered to eat barbecued food, drink beer and watch the events from Paris on a big-screen TV set up on a court.
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His lame attempt at picking me up foiled, he joined his fellow ZZ Top clones beneath the big-screen TV and watched whatever passed for entertainment on the Speed Channel.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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Sure, I could see Pantheon as a big-screen spectacle.
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The burst of coverage was so striking there were rumors that Morgellons was the product of a covert marketing campaign to support the big-screen adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel A Scanner Darkly, which starred Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Now, at least one is offering a big-screen TV for taking foreclosed homes off its hands.
Four Horsemen of the Housing Bust Saddled with Homes David Reilly 2011
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