"screenplay" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/ [US] Forms: screenplays [plural]
Etymology: screen + play Etymology templates: {{compound|en|screen|play}} screen + play Head templates: {{en-noun}} screenplay (plural screenplays)
  1. (authorship, cinematography) A script for a movie or a television show. Categories (topical): Cinematography Hyponyms: teleplay Derived forms: coscreenplay Coordinate_terms: screen story Translations (script for a movie or a television show): skenar [masculine] (Albanian), سِينَارْيُو (sināryū) [masculine] (Arabic), սցենար (scʿenar) (Armenian), сцэна́рый (scenáryj) [masculine] (Belarusian), сцэна́р (scenár) [masculine] (Belarusian), চিত্রনাট্য (citronaṭṭo) (Bengali), сцена́рий (scenárij) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဇာတ်ညွှန်း (jathnywan:) (Burmese), guió [masculine] (Catalan), 電影劇本 (Chinese Mandarin), 电影剧本 (diànyǐng jùběn) (Chinese Mandarin), 劇本 (Chinese Mandarin), 剧本 (jùběn) (Chinese Mandarin), 腳本 (Chinese Mandarin), 脚本 (jiǎoběn) (Chinese Mandarin), scénář [masculine] (Czech), manuskript [neuter] (Danish), scenario [neuter] (Dutch), käsikirjoitus (Finnish), scénario [masculine] (French), სცენარი (scenari) (Georgian), Drehbuch [neuter] (German), σενάριο (senário) [neuter] (Greek), पटकथा (paṭakthā) [feminine] (Hindi), परिदृश्य (paridŕśya) [masculine] (Hindi), forgatókönyv (Hungarian), naskah film (Indonesian), cerita film (Indonesian), sceneggiatura [feminine] (Italian), 脚本 (kyakuhon) (alt: きゃくほん) (Japanese), スクリーンプレー (sukurīnpurē) (Japanese), シナリオ (shinario) (Japanese), 台本 (daihon) (alt: だいほん) (Japanese), នាដកថា (niədaʼkaʼthaa) (Khmer), 각본 (gakbon) (alt: 脚本) (Korean), 시나리오 (sinario) (Korean), 대본 (daebon) (alt: 臺本) (Korean), ບົດລະຄອນ (bot la khǭn) (Lao), сценарио (scenario) [neuter] (Macedonian), lakon layar (Malay), scenario [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), scenario [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), فیلمنامه (filmnâme) (Persian), سناریو (senâriyo) (Persian), scenariusz [masculine] (Polish), roteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), argumento [masculine] (Portuguese), scenariu [neuter] (Romanian), сцена́рий (scenárij) [masculine] (Russian), сценарио [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), scenario [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), scenár [masculine] (Slovak), scenarij [masculine] (Slovene), guion (Spanish), script (Spanish), manuskript [neuter] (Swedish), scenario [neuter] (Swedish), บทละคร (bòt-lá-kɔɔn) (Thai), senaryo (Turkish), сцена́рій (scenárij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), kịch bản (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-screenplay-en-noun-MMYWmGHp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Topics: authorship, broadcasting, cinematography, communications, film, journalism, literature, media, publishing, television, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: screen play [rare]

Verb

IPA: /ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/ [US] Forms: screenplays [present, singular, third-person], screenplaying [participle, present], screenplayed [participle, past], screenplayed [past]
Etymology: screen + play Etymology templates: {{compound|en|screen|play}} screen + play Head templates: {{en-verb}} screenplay (third-person singular simple present screenplays, present participle screenplaying, simple past and past participle screenplayed)
  1. To write a screenplay.
    Sense id: en-screenplay-en-verb-8qM5vuWM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: screen play [rare]

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
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          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
          "word": "naskah film"
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          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
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          "alt": "きゃくほん",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "kyakuhon",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sukurīnpurē",
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          "code": "ja",
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          "word": "시나리오"
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          "roman": "daebon",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
          "word": "대본"
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "bot la khǭn",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
          "word": "ບົດລະຄອນ"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "scenario",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "сценарио"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
          "word": "lakon layar"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "nn",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "filmnâme",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
          "word": "فیلمنامه"
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "senâriyo",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
          "word": "سناریو"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scenariusz"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "roteiro"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "argumento"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
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          "word": "scenariu"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "scenárij",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
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          "word": "scenár"
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          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
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          "word": "scenarij"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
          "word": "guion"
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          "word": "script"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cinematography"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, Hairshirt (aka Too Smooth, movie)",
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A script for a movie or a television show."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cinematography",
          "cinematography"
        ],
        [
          "script",
          "script"
        ],
        [
          "movie",
          "movie"
        ],
        [
          "television",
          "television"
        ],
        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(authorship, cinematography) A script for a movie or a television show."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "authorship",
        "broadcasting",
        "cinematography",
        "communications",
        "film",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "television",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "screen play"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sināryū",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سِينَارْيُو"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "scʿenar",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "սցենար"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "scenáryj",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сцэна́рый"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "scenár",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сцэна́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "citronaṭṭo",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "চিত্রনাট্য"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "scenárij",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сцена́рий"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "jathnywan:",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "ဇာတ်ညွှန်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guió"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "電影劇本"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànyǐng jùběn",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "电影剧本"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "劇本"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jùběn",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "剧本"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "腳本"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎoběn",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "脚本"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scénář"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "manuskript"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scenario"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "käsikirjoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scénario"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "scenari",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "სცენარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Drehbuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "senário",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σενάριο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "paṭakthā",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "पटकथा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "paridŕśya",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "परिदृश्य"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "forgatókönyv"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "naskah film"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "cerita film"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sceneggiatura"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きゃくほん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyakuhon",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "脚本"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sukurīnpurē",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "スクリーンプレー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinario",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "シナリオ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だいほん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daihon",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "台本"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "niədaʼkaʼthaa",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "នាដកថា"
    },
    {
      "alt": "脚本",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gakbon",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "각본"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sinario",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "시나리오"
    },
    {
      "alt": "臺本",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daebon",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "대본"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "bot la khǭn",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "ບົດລະຄອນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "scenario",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сценарио"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "lakon layar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scenario"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scenario"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "filmnâme",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "فیلمنامه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "senâriyo",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "سناریو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scenariusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "roteiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argumento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scenariu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "scenárij",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сцена́рий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сценарио"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scenario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scenár"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scenarij"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "guion"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "script"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "manuskript"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scenario"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bòt-lá-kɔɔn",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "บทละคร"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "senaryo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "scenárij",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сцена́рій"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "script for a movie or a television show",
      "word": "kịch bản"
    }
  ],
  "word": "screenplay"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English verbs"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "screen",
        "3": "play"
      },
      "expansion": "screen + play",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "screen + play",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "screenplays",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "screenplaying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "screenplayed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "screenplayed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "screenplay (third-person singular simple present screenplays, present participle screenplaying, simple past and past participle screenplayed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020, Shilpa Daithota Bhat, Diasporic Inquiries into South Asian Women’s Narratives",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To write a screenplay."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "screen play"
    }
  ],
  "word": "screenplay"
}

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