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screen test
1noun
- a filmed audition to determine the suitability of an individual for appearing or acting in a motion picture.
screen-test
2[ skreen-test ]
verb (used with object)
- to give a screen test to:
The studio screen-tested 400 children before casting the part.
verb (used without object)
- to undergo a screen test:
Dozens of actors have screen-tested for the role.
screen test
noun
- a filmed audition of a prospective actor or actress to test suitability
- the test film so made
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Word History and Origins
Origin of screen test1
First recorded in 1920–25
Origin of screen test2
First recorded in 1965–70; v. use of noun phrase screen test
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Example Sentences
Then I met Jeff for the screen test and got on like a house on fire.
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In a filmed "Screen Test", Andy turned the singer into his creation.
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A screen test of the Factory Superstar tests her patience – and ours.
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Another Warhol “Screen Test”, this time shot in early 1965, and putting a static Edie Sedgwick on screen for four minutes.
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I met everyone at ESPN, did a screen test on the Baseball Tonight set.
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