[{"word":"screening","phonetic":"/ˈskɹiːnɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈskɹiːnɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To filter by passing through a screen.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel."},{"definition":"To shelter or conceal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing."},{"definition":"To present publicly (on the screen).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight."},{"definition":"To fit with a screen.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy."},{"definition":"To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.","synonyms":["pick"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["pick"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a \"screen door\").","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts."},{"definition":"The process of checking or filtering.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The airports are slow now because the pre-boarding screening is so inefficient."},{"definition":"The showing of a film","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Shielding","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A method to identify a disease in a population which is not showing any symptoms of this disease.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Action done by the serving team to prevent the opposing team from seeing the server and the flight path of the ball.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/screen","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/screening"]}]