broadcast
IPA: brˈɔdkæst
noun
- A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.
- A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted.
- (agriculture, horticulture, archaic) The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed.
verb
- (transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
- (transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area; specifically, to send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.
- (intransitive) To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme.
- (transitive, agriculture, horticulture, archaic) To sow seeds over a wide area.
adjective
- Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.
- Communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means.
- Relating to transmissions of messages or signals through radio waves or electronic means.
adverb
- Widely in all directions; abroad.
- (agriculture, horticulture, archaic) By having its seeds sown over a wide area.
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Examples of "broadcast" in Sentences
- The concert will be broadcast live on television.
- The pageant is televised by the broadcaster TVNorge.
- The first was the cancellation of the network broadcast in 1952.
- Most television stations broadcast news both in English and Korean.
- Footage of the President vomiting was broadcast on the ABC network.
- The wedding was broadcast on network coverage of the globe in the carnival.
- The arrangement marks the league's first foray into television broadcasting.
- The show is broadcast on the premium cable network HBO in the United States.
- Sylvan Lake has no broadcast television stations in the vicinity of the town.
- The election was all but over, but still no television network had broadcast the news.
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