full screen

No visible borders

Full screen describes a display mode where content expands to occupy the entire monitor or device screen, hiding toolbars, menus, and other interface elements.

Videos, games, and presentations commonly offer a full-screen option for immersive viewing.

As a verb, to full-screen something means to expand it to this mode: I full-screened the movie so we could see it better.

The hyphenated form full-screen typically appears as an adjective before a noun: full-screen mode.

Related

monitor · view · aspect ratio · projector · multiwindow · letterbox · movie theater · home theater · binge watching · computer · immersive · digital signage · dark · smartphone · laptop · light · tablet · operating system

Categories
Opposites
display mode

full screenwindowed

Having glass openings

windowed mode · minimized · split screen · picture-in-picture · thumbnail

content coverage

full screenblank screen

Inactive visual output

black screen · blank · empty · no signal

Family

full, screen, fully, fullness, fuller, fullest, fill, screened, screening

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G