TV
∞
1.0
- noun
- /tiːˈviː/
:
televisión
- I haven't watched any TV for the past three months.
- watch TV
- TV shows
- TV news
Although it's the only thing on TV that has scientists.
- Although it's the only thing on TV that has scientists.
- But the best show on TV right now The Boys.
- It's, you know, it's good TV, great TV, great TV.
- What is the best and worst TV makeup job you have seen?
- She now stars in the Apple TV Plus series Palm Royale.
- Back then, we couldn't watch TV on our computers, right?
- Like, you know, the more you can get on TV, the better.
- What was the wildest TV jobs that you've had?
- But Zalenski, this is real reality TV And, and, and he means it.
- Speaking of, when did the TV jobs in the UK start?
Examples
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He spent the afternoon relaxing while watching his favorite sport on TV.
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But you can sit there and be absorbed by TV, letting the news of the moment consume you.
Academic text (2011) -
It's, you know, it's good TV, great TV, great TV.
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Now we're just having some TV time here as well.
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Like, you know, the more you can get on TV, the better.
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Speaking of, when did the TV jobs in the UK start?
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Five years on TV, five years on the Internet.
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According to the LA Times, film and TV workers are leaving, too.
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I'll see you on TV.
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For both age groups, having a bedroom TV was significantly associated with excessive screen time.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A system for sending and receiving moving pictures and sound to broadcast programs like news or shows
454
2.3
A TV service that sends programs to homes through wires
22
1.8
Television channels sent to homes through wires
11
3.1
A service that sends TV channels from space to a small dish at home
3
2.9
A TV service that receives signals from satellites in space
1
3.0
A system that sends moving pictures and sound to homes over long distances
Compounds
- Archaic
A glass bulb inside older televisions that makes the screen show color pictures
- Archaic
An early television that shows red, green and blue in a quick order to make color images
- Archaic
A TV method that sends each picture in red, then green, then blue
Surface Forms
Morphology
TV = television (semi-transparent) = T + V
The form 'TV' is an initialism of 'television' and learners who know 'television' will readily recognize the abbreviation. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]
Etymology
TV is short for television. The first part tele- means 'far', like in telephone or telescope, and vision means 'seeing', so TV is 'seeing from far' and brings pictures and sound from far away into your home.