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screenplaying

screenplaying is the present participle and gerund of screenplay.

Meaning of screenplay

Verb

screenplay (third-person singular simple present screenplays, present participle screenplaying, simple past and past participle screenplayed)

  1. (transitive) 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

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Questions about screenplaying

What is screenplaying the present participle and gerund of?
Screenplaying is the present participle and gerund of screenplay.

Words near screenplaying in the dictionary

  1. screenouts
  2. screenphone
  3. screenphones
  4. screenplay
  5. screenplayed
  6. screenplaying
  7. screenplays
  8. screenprint
  9. screenprinted
  10. screenprinting
  11. screenprints

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