offscreen
offscreen adjective: existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen.
Adjective
offscreen (not comparable)
- Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen.
- In addition to racking up what looks like a substantial offscreen body count, the movie at one point offers an eight-second introduction for a sleazy used-car salesman character for the sole purpose of justifying Tripp and Creech laying waste to his inventory.2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, in The Onion AV Club
- Antonyms:
- onscreen
Adverb
offscreen (not comparable)
- Outside the frame of the cinema or television screen.
- Antonyms:
- onscreen
Verb
offscreen (third-person singular simple present offscreens, present participle offscreening, simple past and past participle offscreened (very rare))
Antonyms of offscreen
Forms of offscreen
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | off-screen |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | offscreens |
| present participle | offscreening |
| past participle (rare) | offscreened |
| past (rare) | offscreened |
Origin of offscreen
From off + screen.
Questions about offscreen
- What does offscreen mean?
- Offscreen means existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen.
- What part of speech is offscreen?
- Offscreen can be an adjective, an adverb or a verb.
Words near offscreen in the dictionary
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