broadcast
484
2.9
- noun
- /ˈbrɔːdˌkæst/
- Literature
:
emisión
- We need to do a live broadcast, right now.
- television broadcast
- radio broadcast
- news broadcast
Put that small group onto a call, onto a live broadcast and teach.
- Put that small group onto a call, onto a live broadcast and teach.
- You know how to send a broadcast that's customized.
- And today when I was listening to this broadcast, it's it's it's you know, it's.
Examples
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This is a one time only live broadcast with no replays.
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We interrupt this broadcast to bring you this breaking news.
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This has been a two time record setting live broadcast for us, so we're very excited.
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These are ad supported broadcast television shows.
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We interrupt this broadcast for some breaking news.
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This concludes our broadcast day.
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This is an urgent national emergency broadcast.
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Later on in this broadcast, we'll show how you and your family can stay healthy and germ-free at home and in the workplace.
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Throughout his life, the artist appeared on numerous radio and television broadcasts and in a handful of documentaries.
Academic text (2008) -
We interrupt this broadcast for some breaking news.
Synonyms
818
1.8
A show on radio or television for an audience
26
1.0
A show or series that people watch on television
19
3.4
A program shown on television for many people to watch
16
1.0
A show, series, or live event that people watch on television
14
2.1
A program sent by radio for people to listen to
14
3.7
A live or recorded online show, often a video
3
6.0
A broadcast that plays at the same time on TV and radio
A program that people watch on television
Compounds
How Widely Known
- Texting
61
3.8
- Literature
484
2.9
94
4.0
68
3.1
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
220
2.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Broadcast started as a farming phrase from broad ('wide') + cast ('to throw'), meaning to scatter seeds across a field. So a radio or TV broadcast is like 'throwing' a programme out widely for many people to receive.