BROADCAST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Message that is transmitted by radio or television

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("broadcast" is a kind of...):

message (a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "broadcast"):

rebroadcast (a broadcast that repeated at a later time)

radio broadcast (a broadcast via radio)

simulcast (a broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio))

telecast (a television broadcast)

newscast (a broadcast of news or commentary on the news)

Derivation:

broadcast (cause to become widely known)

broadcast (broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A radio or television show

Example:

did you see his program last night?

Synonyms:

broadcast; program; programme

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("broadcast" is a kind of...):

show (a social event involving a public performance or entertainment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "broadcast"):

sustaining program (a program without a commercial sponsor)

episode; installment; instalment (a part of a broadcast serial)

serial; series (a serialized set of programs)

game show; giveaway (a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards)

television program; television show; TV program; TV show (a program broadcast by television)

chat show; talk show (a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience)

rerun (a program that is broadcast again)

news; news program; news show (a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary)

Derivation:

broadcast (cause to become widely known)

broadcast (broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television)

II. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they broadcast ... he / she / it broadcasts

Past simple: broadcasted

Past participle: broadcasted

-ing form: broadcasting

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to become widely known

Example:

broadcast the news

Synonyms:

broadcast; circularise; circularize; circulate; diffuse; disperse; disseminate; distribute; pass around; propagate; spread

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "broadcast" is one way to...):

air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)

Cause:

circulate; go around; spread (become widely known and passed on)

Verb group:

circulate; go around; spread (become widely known and passed on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "broadcast"):

podcast (distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer)

sow (introduce into an environment)

generalise; generalize; popularise; popularize; vulgarise; vulgarize (cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use)

carry; run (include as the content; broadcast or publicize)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

broadcast (message that is transmitted by radio or television)

broadcast (a radio or television show)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

Example:

We cannot air this X-rated song

Synonyms:

air; beam; broadcast; send; transmit

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "broadcast" is one way to...):

air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)

Cause:

air (be broadcast)

Domain category:

broadcast medium; broadcasting (a medium that disseminates via telecommunications)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "broadcast"):

satellite (broadcast or disseminate via satellite)

sportscast (broadcast a sports event)

telecast; televise (broadcast via television)

interrogate (transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication)

rebroadcast; rerun (broadcast again, as of a film)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

broadcast (message that is transmitted by radio or television)

broadcast (a radio or television show)

broadcaster (someone who broadcasts on radio or television)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Sow over a wide area, especially by hand

Example:

broadcast seeds

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "broadcast" is one way to...):

seed; sow (place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth)

Domain category:

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

broadcaster (a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions)

Credits

Context examples:

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