television
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- noun
- /ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən/
- In order to relax, I have watched television since I was young.
- a television set
- a television screen
- color television
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Watch on YouTubeSomeone said your television has its own room.
- Someone said your television has its own room.
- And I'm in the hotel room looking at this television like, is this happening?
- So ideally, get your television out of the room, the other tech.
- Computer screens, television screens, and phone screens.
- We feel it is in our mutual best interest to have televisions in our bedrooms.
- And the original machines was like the size of a television, like it was just big.
Examples
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Between 1956 and 1960, homes with television sets grew by 25 percent.
Academic text (2017) -
Albert would be stretched out in front of our television watching Laugh-In.
Fiction book (1990) -
Someone said your television has its own room.
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When I was growing up, television was very, very new.
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At the foot of the bed, the television is on, the sound off.
Fiction book (1990) -
More and more adults rely on television as their primary source of information.
Academic text (1990) -
Don't you wonder what people did before television and Internet access?
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Turn on the television.
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In 1960, more than forty-six million households, about 87 percent, had a television set.
Academic text (2017) -
We gathered in the living room to watch the latest movie on our television.
Synonyms
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A screen device you use at home to watch shows and films
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A machine like a television or radio
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A machine with a screen that shows moving pictures and sound
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A machine with a screen that shows moving pictures and sound
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A machine like a TV that shows programs
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A television that shows pictures in color
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A television set for watching shows
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A television set people watch to see shows
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A television people jokingly call a waste of time
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A television that shows pictures in color rather than black and white
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A machine that receives TV signals and shows them on a screen
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A large screen that shows films or live events in public places
A box in the home used to watch TV
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
- Specialized
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A system that sends moving pictures and sound to homes over long distances
- Specialized
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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
- Archaic
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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
- Archaic
An electronic tube in early television cameras that turns light into electrical signals
- Archaic
A device used in old television cameras to change an image into electronic signals
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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 also names the screen device that lets you watch people and places from across the world.