They watched the movie on the big screen.

Meaning: This sentence describes people attentively looking at a motion picture displayed on a large surface.

Choice of Words: Watched means to look at something attentively. Movie refers to a motion picture, a series of moving images shown on a screen. Screen is a surface on which images or information are displayed.

Alternative Expressions

They saw the movie on the giant display.

Meaning: This means the same thing as the first sentence, but it uses different words.

Choice of Words: **Saw** is another word for watched. **Giant** means very large. **Display** is another word for screen.

They viewed the film on the enormous projection.

Meaning: This means the same thing as the first two sentences, but it uses more formal words.

Choice of Words: **Viewed** is a more formal word for watched. **Film** is another word for movie. **Enormous** means very large. **Projection** is another word for screen.

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