Collocations for "screening"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "screening" in context.
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screen
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [computer, TV, laptop] screen
- [a flat, a plasma, an LED, a curved, a touch] screen
- a [large, small, wide, giant, full, half-size] screen
- a [24-inch] screen
- a [wall, projected] screen
- a [water, sun, scratch] -resistant screen
- a [hospital, bed, shower] screen
- [clean, wipe, adjust] your screen
- [turn, switch] [on, off] the screen
- the [numbers, search results] were displayed on the screen
- check the screens for [arrivals, departures]
- the [image, document, video] on the screen
- the [book, story, play] was adapted for the [big, silver] screen
- will be [featured, showing] on the big screen
- a star of stage and screen
- both on and off screen
- a [hole, gap, tear] in the screen
- a screen of [deceit, secrecy]
- [used, deployed] a smoke screen
- [set, establish, control] the screen size
- screen [quality, view, resolution, size]
- a screen saver
- a screen [goddess, villain, heroine, siren]
- their on-screen [relationship, romance, chemistry]
- off-screen [romance, relationship, personas, disagreements]
- screen the [candidates, applicants, samples]
- screen out the [bad, poor, inadequate] [candidates]
- screen out the [sun, wind]
- screen the [sun] out
- screened the [house, yard, building] from [view, the street, passers-by]
- screen you from the [sun's rays, radiation]
- screen for [viruses, infections, cancer, illness]
- screened for [substance, quality, safety]
- screened to [ensure, prevent, determine, identify, remove]
- screen them as a precaution
- screened with [x rays, metal detectors]
- [routinely, effectively, individually, adequately, initially, properly] screen
- screen a [movie, documentary]
- [will, due to] be screened [Monday]
'screening' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):