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off-screen

Syllabification: (off-screen)
(also off screen or offscreen)
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Definition of off-screen

adjective

  • not appearing on a movie or television screen:he drawls to an off-screen interrogator
  • [attributive] happening in real life rather than fictionally on-screen:they were off-screen lovers

adverb

  • outside what can be seen on a movie or television screen:the girl is looking off-screen to the right
  • in real life rather than fictionally in a movie or on television:happy endings rarely happen off-screen

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