screenplay
US/ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/
screenplay noun: a script for a movie or (less commonly) a television show.
Noun
screenplay (plural screenplays)
- A script for a movie or (less commonly) a television show.
- I know Corinne would be happy if I started writing scripts again. Since my last screenplay, I haven't written anything in over four months.1998, Hairshirt (aka Too Smooth, movie)
- Synonyms:
- scenario
Verb
screenplay (third-person singular simple present screenplays, present participle screenplaying, simple past and past participle screenplayed)
- To write a screenplay for.
- Also, in the case of this novel, its adaption to the big screen in 1983, directed by James Ivory, screenplayed by Jhabvala herself—screenwriter of the year, London Critics Film Award, 1984—awarded with a BAFTA, and nominated for the Palme d'Or, gave rise to Heat and Dust's great success.2020, Shilpa Daithota Bhat, Diasporic Inquiries into South Asian Women’s Narratives
screenplay meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
screenplay in Hindi
- script for a movie or a television show
- पटकथा paṭakthā, परिदृश्य paridŕśya
screenplay in Tamil
- திரைக்கதை, திரைக்கதையாக்கம்
screenplay in Marathi
- पटकथालेखा
screenplay in Urdu
- فلمی منظر نامہ
More languagesFewer languages
- screenplay in Bengali
- চিত্রনাট্য citronaṭṭo
- screenplay in Telugu
- స్క్రీన్ ప్లే, స్క్రీన్ప్లే
- screenplay in Kannada
- ಸ್ಕ್ರೀನ್ ಪ್ಲೇ
- screenplay in Punjabi
- ਸਕ੍ਰੀਨਪਲੇਅ, ਸਕ੍ਰੀਨਪਲੇ, ਸਕਰੀਨਪਲੇਅ
- screenplay in Gujarati
- સ્ક્રીનપ્લે
- screenplay in Odia
- ଚିତ୍ରନାଟ୍ଯ଼
- screenplay in Arabic
- سِينَارْيُو sināryū
- screenplay in Malay
- lakon layar
- screenplay in Indonesian
- naskah film, cerita film
- screenplay in Thai
- บทละคร bòt-lá-kɔɔn
- screenplay in Vietnamese
- kịch bản
- screenplay in Myanmar
- ဇာတ်ညွှန်း jathnywan:
Examples of screenplay in a sentence
- The dialogue in your screenplay is flat — you need to make it more exciting.
- You have to pump up the relatability of the characters in your screenplay.
- It's hard to find novel screenplays. All the usual stories have been done to death.
Synonyms of screenplay
Forms of screenplay
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | screenplays |
| alternative form | screen play |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | screenplays |
| present participle | screenplaying |
| past participle | screenplayed |
| past | screenplayed |
Origin of screenplay
From screen + play.
Words formed from screenplay
Questions about screenplay
- What does screenplay mean?
- Screenplay means a script for a movie or (less commonly) a television show.
- What is screenplay in Hindi?
- Screenplay in Hindi is पटकथा (paṭakthā), परिदृश्य (paridŕśya). See Screenplay meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is screenplay?
- Screenplay can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce screenplay?
- Screenplay is pronounced /ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/ (US).
- What is the plural of screenplay?
- The plural of screenplay is screenplays.
Words near screenplay in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: screenplay (page history and authors); screenplay (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); screenplay (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); screenplay (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); screenplay (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); screenplay (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); screenplay (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); screenplay (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); screenplay (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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