adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 appearing or written on the screen of a computer, television or cinema/movie theater:
on-screen courtroom dramas * on-screen instructions / messages
2 connected with the imaginary story of a film/movie and not with real life:
His on-screen father is also his father in real life.
compareOFF-SCREEN
on-screen adverb:
I prefer to edit text on-screen.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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