offscreen

See also: off-screen

English

Alternative forms

• off-screen

Etymology

From off +‎ screen.

Adjective

offscreen (not comparable)

1. 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

Danish: uden for billedet Finnish: kuvan ulkopuolinen French: hors-champ (fr) Polish: pozaekranowy Russian: зака́дровый (ru) (zakádrovyj) Spanish: en off, fuera de pantalla, fuera de la pantalla

Adverb

offscreen (not comparable)

1. Outside the frame of the cinema or television screen

Antonyms

• onscreen

Translations

outside the frame of the screen

Polish: poza ekranem, pozaekranowo Spanish: en off, fuera de pantalla, fuera de la pantalla

Verb

offscreen (third-person singular simple present offscreens, present participle offscreening, simple past and past participle offscreened)

1. To kill a character offscreen.

   Yeah, I also hate her. I hope she gets offscreened in the third act low-key.

Translations

to kill a character offscreen

Polish: zabijać poza ekranem impf, zabić poza ekranem pf

See also

• offstage