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Definition of "screenplay" []

  • The script for a movie, including descriptions of scenes and some camera directions. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "screenplay" in a sentence
  • "The anonymous scooper calls the the screenplay is a “solid attempt at recapturing what made The Muppet Show and the first two Muppet movies so great, but The Great Muppet Movie of All Time is no Great Muppet Caper.”"
  • "Their input in the literary creation of the screenplay is a must."
  • "Whoever wrote the screenplay is a ticking time bomb and should be locked up"