SCREENPLAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does screenplay mean? 

• SCREENPLAY (noun)
  The noun SCREENPLAY has 1 sense:

1. a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets

  Familiarity information: SCREENPLAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCREENPLAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("screenplay" is a kind of...):

book; playscript; script (a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance)

 Context examples 

Travel is certainly indicated, but if you prefer to stay home, you can begin a media project, such as a book or a screenplay, or compose songs for a new album.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may suggest an idea or write a book or screenplay that will become very popular, and your work for publication or TV will be lauded.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may be ready to debut your screenplay or theatrical play to an audience.

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You may be overseeing an estate sale, working on an auction, directing an archeological dig, or writing a screenplay or novel set in a previous era.

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You might publish a book, create or redo your app, start a podcast series, write a screenplay, sell an option on your book, or host a TV or Internet radio show.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You might bring your new app to market (or sign the work order to begin designing it), launch your website, show your screenplay to an influential agent, unveil your new software program, start a series of podcasts, defend your thesis, write your application for a grant, share your medical research in a prestigious journal, or do anything else within the communication arts.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Similarly, if you have been writing your first book, screenplay, a thesis, business plan, application for a grant, or another document of importance, you found that you had a lot to learn about the process over the past two years.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you are writing a book or screenplay, doing set design or working on the scenes of a movie, or developing a thesis that you will need to defend, for example, this is your year to come up with sterling creative solutions.

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You may work on a novel or other book, screenplay, or the development of a new app. You might be involved in shaping an advertising, publicity, or social media campaign or doing a lecture tour.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It also rules the information you give out by being a member of the media through writing a book, column, or screenplay, or by writing code, or being a host or guest on TV, as a few examples.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)