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to webcast

to webcast

1 3.4
To broadcast live or recorded content online, often video
  • verb
  • /ˈwɛbˌkæst/
  • Texting
translation icon : transmitir por internet
  • This session is being webcast worldwide.
  • webcast live

This conversation with her is being webcast.

Examples

  • Our plan is to webcast the game every week.

  • It will get you into the school gymnasium on the day of the party, where we'll be webcasting the whole thing.

  • Our plan is to webcast the game every week.

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  • This discussion is being webcast worldwide.

  • All these meetings are in public, they're webcast and some are shown on BBC Parliament.

  • As part of the launch, Microsoft officials are webcasting demonstrations of some of the estimated 300 new features that are part of the product.

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  • He's webcasting right now.

  • We can still save the value of that and increase it by webcasting (or otherwise making available the content) of the debate for those who can't attend.

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  • Tomorrow, we will webcast the press conference in Washington DC at the Press Club beginning at 1 p.m. featuring Jane Goodall, Robert Corell, and Ambassador Richard Benedick among others.

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  • This session is being webcast worldwide.

Synonyms

to stream online
vsto webcast
  • Texting
1 3.7

To show live video or sound on the internet

can be live or recorded rather than only live
to livestream
vsto webcast
  • Texting
1 3.2

To send live video over the internet so people can watch as it happens

may be recorded for later viewing rather than only live
to videocast
vsto webcast
  • Texting
4.0

To broadcast video over the internet, live or as a recording

includes both audio and video rather than video only

How Public

to webcast
  • Texting
1 3.4
to post
  • Texting
1.9
to upload
179 3.2
to record
762 2.3

Surface Forms

webcast infinitive
webcasted past
webcasted past participle
webcasting present participle
webcasts third person singular

Morphology

webcast = web + cast (transparent) = web + cast

The verb is a straightforward verbal usage of the compound 'web' + 'cast' meaning 'to broadcast over the web', which is predictable from the parts.

Etymology

The verb webcast simply puts cast (to 'send out') onto the web (the 'internet'), following the same idea as broadcast. So to webcast something is to send a live or recorded show over the internet so people can watch or listen from anywhere.