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English
Etymology
From off + screen.
Adjective
offscreen (not comparable)
- Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen
2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, in The Onion AV Club:In addition to racking up what looks like a substantial offscreen body count, the movie at one point offers an eight-second introduction for a sleazy used-car salesman character for the sole purpose of justifying Tripp and Creech laying waste to his inventory.
Translations
existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen
Adverb
offscreen (not comparable)
- Outside the frame of the cinema or television screen
Antonyms
Verb
offscreen (third-person singular simple present offscreens, present participle offscreening, simple past and past participle offscreened)
- To kill a character offscreen.
Yeah, I also hate her. I hope she gets offscreened in the third act low-key.
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