screening
Meaning of screening
noun
- a showing of a film, video, or television programme.
filmgoers were shut out in droves from the film's many screenings in Cannes
the less-than-successful screening of the sitcom's pilot episode
- the evaluation or investigation of something as part of a methodical survey, to assess suitability for a particular role or purpose.
nowhere is drug screening more common than in the federal criminal justice system
- refuse separated by sieving grain.
- conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen.
her hair swung across to screen her face
a high hedge screened all of the front from passers-by
- show (a film or video) or broadcast (a television programme).
the show is to be screened by the BBC later this year
- test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease.
outpatients were screened for cervical cancer
- pass (a substance such as grain or coal) through a large sieve or screen, especially so as to sort it into different sizes.
granulated asphalt—manufactured to 40 mm down or screened to 28 mm & 14 mm down
- project (a photograph or other image) through a transparent ruled plate so as to be able to reproduce it as a half-tone.
Middle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin.
Information about screening
- The plural form of screening is: screenings.
- Languages in which screening is used:
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Hyphenation of screening
screen-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- screening is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
screening synonyms
Meaning showing:
Meaning cover:
Meaning not allow to be seen; hide:
Meaning put or keep out of sight:
Meaning cover (the face) with a mask:
Meaning enclose or screen (a piece of machinery) to protect the user:
Meaning protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather:
Meaning screen from direct light:
Meaning keep safe from harm or injury:
Meaning watch over in order to protect or control:
Meaning protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure:
Meaning cover with a veil:
Meaning hide, cover, or disguise (something):
Meaning hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage:
Meaning give (someone or oneself) a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity:
Meaning allow or cause (something) to be visible:
Meaning in a particular place:
Meaning broadcast (a programme) on radio or television:
Meaning transmit (a programme or some information) by radio or television:
Meaning cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another:
Meaning transmit by television:
Meaning receive and pass on (information or a message):
Meaning put (a food substance or other material) through a sieve:
Meaning speak in or pose riddles:
Meaning put (a fine or loose substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles:
Meaning cause liquid to drain off (food which has been boiled, soaked, or canned) by using a porous or perforated device:
Meaning pass (a liquid, gas, light, or sound) through a device to remove unwanted material:
Meaning arrange systematically in groups; separate according to type:
Meaning blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff:
Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:
Meaning cook on a griddle:
Translation of screening
- German: Abschirmung
- Spanish: cribado
- Italian: schermatura
Anagrams of screening
Words that rhyme with screening
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