screenplay
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ//
A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically.
noun
- 1
A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically.
I know Corinne would be happy if I started writing scripts again. Since my last screenplay, I haven't written anything in over four months.
Etymology
From screen + play.
verb
- 1
To write a screenplay.
Also, in the case of this novel, its adaption to the big screen in 1983, directed by James Ivory, screenplayed by Jhabvala herself—screenwriter of the year, London Critics Film Award, 1984—awarded with a BAFTA, and nominated for the Palme d'Or, gave rise to Heat and Dust's great success.
Forms
- plural
- screenplays
- past tense
- screenplayed
- past participle
- screenplayed
- present participle
- screenplaying
- third person singular
- screenplays
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