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onscreen

onscreen adjective: as seen on a screen (as of television, film, or computer) rather than in real life.

Adjective

onscreen (not comparable)

  1. As seen on a screen (as of television, film, or computer) rather than in real life.
    • The two actors had a very realistic onscreen romance, but in reality they couldn't stand each other.
    Antonyms:
    offscreen

Adverb

onscreen (not comparable)

  1. Inside the frame of the cinema, television or computer screen.
    • I leaned over her shoulder to see two cybergirls yanking out each other's hair. Katy was typing insults that appeared onscreen.2006, Gail Giles, Playing in Traffic
    • Think of them [task panes] as dialog boxes that enable you to type while they're onscreen.2010 May 10, Herbert L. Tyson, Word 2010 Bible
    Antonyms:
    offscreen

onscreen meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam

onscreen in Hindi

ऑनस्क्रीन

onscreen in Marathi

ऑनस्क्रीन

onscreen in Bengali

অনস্ক্রিন

onscreen in Malayalam

ഓൺസ്ക്രീൻ, ഓൺസ്ക്രീനിൽ
More languagesFewer languages
onscreen in Kannada
ಆನ್ಸ್ಕ್ರೀನ್
onscreen in Punjabi
ਆਨਸਕ੍ਰੀਨ
onscreen in Gujarati
ઓનસ્ક્રીન, ઑનસ્ક્રીન
onscreen in Odia
ଅନ୍ସ୍କ୍ରିନ୍

Antonyms of onscreen

Forms of onscreen

alternative formon-screen

Origin of onscreen

From on + screen.

Questions about onscreen

What does onscreen mean?
Onscreen means as seen on a screen (as of television, film, or computer) rather than in real life.
What is onscreen in Hindi?
Onscreen in Hindi is ऑनस्क्रीन. See Onscreen meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is onscreen?
Onscreen can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near onscreen in the dictionary

  1. Onsagerian
  2. Onsagerism
  3. Onsagerist
  4. Onsagerists
  5. ONSC
  6. onscreen
  7. onsell
  8. onselling
  9. onsells
  10. onsen
  11. onsen tamago

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: onscreen (page history and authors); onscreen (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); onscreen (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); onscreen (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); onscreen (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); onscreen (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); onscreen (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); onscreen (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); onscreen (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.

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