screening
part of speech
noun (a screening, screenings); verb, -ing form of «screen» (screen, screens, screened, screening)
meaning for a pupil
1) A showing of a film or TV programme. tree →
2) (health) A medical test given to many people to find illnesses early, before they cause problems. tree →
3) Checking people or things to see if they are suitable or safe, such as bags at an airport. tree →
4) (verb form) Hiding or protecting with a screen. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life cinemas have screenings, and schools may hold a film screening. In health lessons, babies have hearing screening and children have eye screening at school. In safety, airports use security screening. Phrases: «a film screening», «health screening», «security screening», «eye screening».
examples
- The school held a screening of the film for charity. tree →
- All children have eye screening in their first year at school. tree →
- Security screening at the airport took ages. tree →
- The trees are screening the garden from the road. tree →
- There were two screenings of the movie that evening. tree →
- Screening helps doctors find illnesses early. tree →
- Beautiful weeping willows, real products of spring, hung their fresh branches over these lakes like a fresh, green, transparent, and yet screening veil. tree →
note
Countable: screenings. Medical screening does not mean you are ill; it checks healthy people. «Screen time» is time spent on devices — a different idea.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «screening» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.