broadcast
/'brɔ:dkɑ:st/
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Definition
Noun:
- A radio or television program: A broadcast refers to a show or message transmitted via radio or television signals for public reception.
- The act of transmitting such a program: It can also mean the process or instance of sending out audio or video content over the airwaves.
Verb:
- To transmit a program or message by radio or television: The primary meaning is to send out audio or video signals for public reception.
- To make widely known; to disseminate: To spread information, news, or ideas to a wide audience.
- To scatter (seeds) over a wide area: In agriculture, to sow seeds by dispersing them broadly across a field.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- The evening news broadcast was interrupted by a special report.
- I listen to the same radio broadcast every morning.
Verb:
- The station will broadcast the concert live.
- The government broadcast an important announcement to the nation.
- The farmer broadcast the wheat seeds across the prepared field.
Advanced Usage
"Live broadcast": A program transmitted at the moment it is happening, not recorded.
- The awards ceremony will be a live broadcast.
"To broadcast oneself": To transmit one's own image or voice, often via the internet.
- The gamer broadcasts himself playing online.
Variants and Related Words
Broadcaster (n): A person or organization that transmits programs.
- She is a well-known broadcaster for the national network.
Broadcasting (n): The industry or activity of making and transmitting radio and television programs.
- He works in broadcasting.
Synonyms
- Transmit: To send out (a signal or program).
- Air: To broadcast a program on television or radio.
- Disseminate: To spread information widely.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Broadcast out: To transmit a signal outward. (Less common; usually just "broadcast" is used).
- The signal is broadcast out to millions of homes.
Related Idioms
"To broadcast one's intentions": To make one's plans or feelings very obvious to everyone.
- By packing his bags a week early, he was broadcasting his intention to leave.
"A broadcast storm" (Technical): In computer networking, a malfunction where a network is flooded with broadcast traffic.
- The misconfigured router caused a broadcast storm that crashed the network.
Noun
- a radio or television show
- did you see his program last night?
- message that is transmitted by radio or television
Verb
- cause to become widely known
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
- sow over a wide area, especially by hand
- broadcast seeds
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- We cannot air this X-rated song