television
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- noun
- /ˌtɛlɪˈvɪʒən/
- More books in this series will be published as the television series continues.
- watch television
- television series
- television show
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- And they they tune into VOA television in very large numbers.
- I shouldn't be on television if I'm that, right?
- If you also, if you watch too much television or current affairs,
- This is the best I've seen on television in quite a long time.
- My dream is the film and television businesses.
- We also are doing it in film and television now and podcast.
- Now where we see this most clearly in television is in the sitcom form.
- Saturday mornings, I would watch television and guess who was on TV?
- And when I saw it on television, it was absolutely thrilling.
- But, you know, Carol comedy, variety television, it's a man's game.
- You know, the printing press did this, television did this, the Internet did this.
- They want to see themselves on television or in film.
- So let's say you put them on television, give them their own show.
Examples
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The data make clear that a majority of programs on television include some such material.
Academic text (1999) -
The advent of extended television news was a turning point for television, a medium originally devoted to entertainment.
Academic text (2017) -
Most people today have their television on the news
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So having said that, here we are watching television, playing video games.
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And when I saw it on television, it was absolutely thrilling.
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I was watching a little educational television.
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Hundreds of thousands of workers in advertising, film, and television are dependent on this industry for support.
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But this felt like brilliant television that really gripped the world.
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This is the best I've seen on television in quite a long time.
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My family gathers around the television every Friday night to watch our favorite shows.
Synonyms
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A machine that shows moving pictures and sound on a screen
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A system that sends moving pictures and sound to homes over long distances
Compounds
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TV shows that follow real people, not actors, in situations that are not planned
- Specialized
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A television that shows much clearer and more detailed pictures than regular TV
A system of cameras and monitors that records and shows images for security, not for public broadcast
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A system that sends moving pictures and sound to homes over long distances
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Electronic devices that send or receive moving pictures and sound, like cameras and receivers
An American organization that gives the Emmy Awards for the best work in television
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A large glass part inside old televisions that shows pictures in color
An early color television that shows pictures by quickly changing red, green, and blue images
An old way of showing color television by showing red, green, and blue pictures quickly
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An electronic tube in early television cameras that turns light into electrical signals
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A device used in old television cameras to change an image into electronic signals
How Advanced
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Television comes from two parts: tele- meaning 'far', the same tele- as in telephone, and vision meaning 'seeing'. So television literally means 'seeing from far away', which is why it names a system that sends pictures and sound across distances so people can watch events in other places.