off-screen

off-screen
ADV: ADV with cl
You use off-screen to refer to the real lives of film or television actors, in contrast with the lives of the characters they play.

He was immensely attractive to women, onscreen and offscreen...

Off-screen, Kathy is under the watchful eye of her father Terry.

Syn:
in real life
Ant:
ADJ: ADJ n
Off-screen is also an adjective.

They were quick to dismiss rumours of an off-screen romance.


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  • off-screen — adjective, adverb in the real life of an actor: the star s troubled off screen life …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • off-screen — [ôf′skrēn′] adj., adv. 1. not in a film, TV show, etc. 2. not in a film FRAME (n. 13b) or on a TV or computer screen: Also, esp. for sense 1, offscreen * …   Universalium

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  • off|screen — «AWF SKREEN, OF », adjective, adverb. 1. not seen on the motion picture or television screen: »an offscreen voice or commentary. 2. while not acting for motion pictures or television: »Japanese actors, offscreen, are less excitable than American… …   Useful english dictionary

  • off-screen — adverb when a film actor is not acting: What s he like off screen? off screen adjective: The fan magazines are full of her off screen romances …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • off-screen — UK / US adjective, adverb in the real life of an actor the star s troubled off screen life …   English dictionary

  • off·screen — …   Useful english dictionary

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