"offscreen" meaning in English

See offscreen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: off-screen [alternative]
Etymology: From off + screen. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|off|screen}} off + screen Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} offscreen (not comparable)
  1. Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen Tags: not-comparable Translations (existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen): uden for billedet (Danish), kuvan ulkopuolinen (Finnish), hors-champ (French), pozaekranowy (Polish), зака́дровый (zakádrovyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-offscreen-en-adj-7u-8Jj9l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 45 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 33 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 32 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 32 38

Adverb

Forms: off-screen [alternative]
Etymology: From off + screen. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|off|screen}} off + screen Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} offscreen (not comparable)
  1. Outside the frame of the cinema or television screen Tags: not-comparable Translations (outside the frame of the screen): poza ekranem (Polish), pozaekranowo (Polish)
    Sense id: en-offscreen-en-adv-7aeXjbWt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 45 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 33 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 32 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 32 38

Verb

Forms: offscreens [present, singular, third-person], offscreening [participle, present], offscreened [participle, past], offscreened [past], off-screen [alternative]
Etymology: From off + screen. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|off|screen}} off + screen Head templates: {{en-verb}} offscreen (third-person singular simple present offscreens, present participle offscreening, simple past and past participle offscreened)
  1. To kill a character offscreen. Related terms: offstage Translations (to kill a character offscreen): zabijać poza ekranem [imperfective] (Polish), zabić poza ekranem [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-offscreen-en-verb-sZVN0TG9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 45 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 30 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 33 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 28 32 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 32 37 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 29 31 40

Alternative forms

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