cable television service
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈkeɪbəl ˌtɛlɪˈvɪʒən ˈsɜrvɪs/
:
servicio de televisión por cable
- " Meanwhile, deregulation failed to lower the cost of basic telephone or cable television service for most consumers.
- provide cable television service
Examples
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Many families in the area subscribe to cable television service for a wider variety of channels.
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(I gave up cable television service years ago.)
Blog text (4) -
Do a deal with DISH Network to mirror what Verizon and AT&T were doing with a bunch of cable television services.
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After switching to cable television service, we noticed an improvement in picture quality and channel options.
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The monthly fee for cable television service has become a major part of many households' budgets.
Synonyms
454
2.3
A TV service that sends programs to homes through wires
22
1.8
Television channels sent to homes through wires
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3.0
A television service that sends channels to homes through wires
How Fast
- Specialized
7
3.9
1
2.9
- Specialized
1
3.6
- Archaic
1
7.0
- Archaic
4
3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
cable + television + service
The meaning is directly compositional: 'cable' (TV delivered via cables) + 'television' (broadcast media) + 'service' (commercial provision) yields a commercial offering that delivers television via cable. This noun‑noun construction and the semantic logic are common cross‑linguistically and therefore readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Cable television service comes from the simple picture of TV being sent into homes on a cable, a heavy wire, rather than 'over the air' by radio signals. Companies ran these wires and offered a 'service' of many channels, so today the phrase means television channels delivered to you by cable wires.