screenscreen1 /skriːn/ verb [transitiveT]1HUMAN RESOURCES to test people or examine their past history to make sure that they are suitable for something, for example to work for a particular organizationApplicants for teaching posts must be carefully screened.
screen somebody for somethingAll employees are screened for drugs.
2to test or check something to make sure that it is suitable, does not break the law etcImported fish should be screened for disease.
3to show a film or television programmeThe ad was screened late at night on Channel 4.
—screening noun [uncountableU]The agency offers a pre-employment screening service.
the routine screening of milk for contaminants