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channel

He changed the channel to watch the evening news.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A means of distribution or access: A path or method used to sell goods, deliver services, or communicate information.
    • A television or radio frequency band: A specific band on which a television or radio station broadcasts its programs.
    • A natural or artificial waterway: A narrow body of water, such as a strait, or a man-made passage for water to flow.
    • A passage or duct in the body: A tubular structure conveying fluids or secretions.
    • A groove or furrow: A long, narrow cut, either natural or made by a tool.
    • A path for electrical signals: A communications path, often one that is leased for transmission.

  2. Verb:

    • To direct or convey: To send something (like water, information, or effort) along a particular path or toward a specific destination.
    • To serve as a medium for transmission: To carry or conduct something, such as a signal or emotion.
Examples

  • Noun:

    • The company uses multiple sales channels, including online stores and distributors.
    • I changed the channel to watch the news.
    • The English Channel separates England from France.
    • The optic nerve is a channel for visual signals to the brain.

  • Verb:

    • We need to channel our resources into the most important project.
    • The gutter channels rainwater away from the house.
Advanced Usage

  • "To channel one's energy/emotions": To focus or direct one's efforts or feelings productively.

    • She channeled her anger into creative writing.

  • "To go through the proper channels": To follow official procedures or use established routes of communication.

    • All requests must go through the proper channels for approval.
Variants and Related Words
  • Channeling (n): The act of directing something through a channel.
  • Channelization (n): The process of creating or modifying a channel, especially for water flow.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Conduit, passage, medium, route, duct.
  • Verb: Direct, convey, transmit, funnel, guide.
Related Phrasal Verbs

  • Channel into: To direct something (effort, money, emotion) into a particular activity or purpose.

    • He channeled his savings into starting a new business.

  • Channel through: To send something via a particular person, system, or route.

    • All complaints are channeled through the customer service department.
Related Idioms

  • Change the channel: Literally to switch TV stations; figuratively, to change the subject or stop thinking about something.

    • This conversation is depressing. Let's change the channel.

  • Main channel: The primary or most important route or method.

    • The river's main channel is deep enough for large boats.
channel

He changed the channel to watch the evening news.

Noun
  1. a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
    • possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores
  2. a television station and its programs
    • a satellite TV channel
    • surfing through the channels
    • they offer more than one hundred channels
  3. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
    • the tear duct was obstructed
    • the alimentary canal
    • poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs
  4. (often plural) a means of communication or access
    • it must go through official channels
    • lines of communication were set up between the two firms
  5. a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
    • the ship went aground in the channel
  6. a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
  7. a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
    • the fields were crossed with irrigation channels
    • gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street
  8. a path over which electrical signals can pass
    • a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company
Verb
  1. send from one person or place to another
    • transmit a message
  2. direct the flow of
    • channel information towards a broad audience
  3. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
    • Sound carries well over water
    • The airwaves carry the sound
    • Many metals conduct heat

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