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the big screen noun

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Definition

films which are shown in cinemas
He will soon be returning to the big screen for his first movie since 1990.

big-screen adjective

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Her first big-screen success was in the film 'Rosemary's Baby'.

(Definition of the big screen noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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