Word.ws English Dictionary

direct-to-streaming

direct-to-streaming adjective: of a motion picture, initially released on digital streaming platforms without prior showings in cinemas or on television.

Adjective

direct-to-streaming (not comparable)

  1. Of a motion picture, initially released on digital streaming platforms without prior showings in cinemas or on television.
    • In fact, Songbird looks like any other unexceptional direct-to-streaming title, with a few warehouse-industrial locations and a supporting cast of familiar (and presumably very available) faces who spend most of the movie Steven Seagal-style, sitting in place.2020 December 10, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The first movie inspired by the pandemic is here, and it sucks”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2020

Questions about direct-to-streaming

What does direct-to-streaming mean?
Direct-to-streaming means of a motion picture, initially released on digital streaming platforms without prior showings in cinemas or on television.
What part of speech is direct-to-streaming?
Direct-to-streaming is an adjective.

Words near direct-to-streaming in the dictionary

  1. direct-to-cellphone
  2. direct-to-cellular
  3. direct-to-consumer
  4. direct-to-DVD
  5. direct-to-home
  6. direct-to-streaming
  7. direct-to-TV
  8. direct-to-video
  9. directabilities
  10. directability
  11. directable

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: direct-to-streaming (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “direct-to-streaming.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/direct-to-streaming. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.