screenplay

noun, verb — 2 senses

screenplay

noun

US /ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/

Etymology From screen + play.

1

Authorship, Broadcasting, Cinematography, Communications, Film, Journalism, Literature, Media, Publishing, Television, Writing 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.1998, Hairshirt (aka Too Smooth, movie)

Derived terms: coscreenplay

screenplay

verb

Etymology From screen + play.

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.2020, Shilpa Daithota Bhat, Diasporic Inquiries into South Asian Women’s Narratives:

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