tv set
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- noun
- /tiː viː sɛt/
:
televisor
- After saving for months, she finally bought a new TV set for her living room.
- screen of a tv set
I walk into this room, there's a big TV set like that comes to life.
- I walk into this room, there's a big TV set like that comes to life.
- So this is how much it's going to cost you for a Sky Glass TV set.
- It would merely prove the TV sets necessary for the reception and processing of the signals.
- And I'm looking through the window at the moon and I've got a little black and white TV set and I'm tuned in to Armstrong on the moon.
- But he would put his hand on the TV set.
- Yeah, she made it like this Sabrina TV, and it was like an old TV set with the giant cameras.
- You said no, I see that device, that transistor, that TV set, electricity, gravity is my experience.
Examples
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- Even the relievers feel sorry for Breck, he doesn't even have a TV set.
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And I'm looking through the window at the moon and I've got a little black and white TV set and I'm tuned in to Armstrong on the moon.
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All I have in the world is my TV set.
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Would your life be better with a bigger TV set?
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We will give you a TV set and a telephone.
Academic text (2010) -
What's the matter with his TV set anyway?
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A family gathers around their TV set to hear the report.
Fiction book (1997) -
"You need an air conditioner in your room more than you need a TV set," she said.
Fiction book (1998) -
The primary source of illumination is the massive T.V. set in the wall opposite the bed.
Fiction book (1995) -
Burt Mink sat in a chair in front of a TV set tuned to a news station.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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An electronic device with a screen that receives broadcasts and shows moving pictures and sound
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A screen device you use at home to watch shows and films
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3.4
A machine like a television or radio
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1.4
A machine with a screen that shows moving pictures and sound
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7.9
A machine like a TV that shows programs
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A television that shows pictures in color
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8.1
A television set for watching shows
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8.8
A television set people watch to see shows
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7.2
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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2.8
A TV or monitor with a flat, thin screen
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2.4
A machine that receives TV signals and shows them on a screen
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6.1
A machine like a radio that receives and makes broadcast signals stronger
A box in the home used to watch TV
A large screen that shows films or live events in public places
How Modern
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents directly indicate the referent: 'TV' (television) and 'set' (a device or receiver), so the compound 'tv set' is compositionally transparent and the meaning is derivable from its parts. This noun–noun compounding follows standard English patterns and similar constructions exist in many languages, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the words.
Etymology
Tv set comes from the old name television set. Early televisions were sold as a group of parts, so people called the whole thing a 'set' and the name stuck to mean the box that receives and shows television.