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broad·cast

 (brôd′kăst′)
v. broad·cast or broad·cast·ed, broad·cast·ing, broad·casts
v.tr.
1. To communicate or transmit (a signal, a message, or content, such as audio or video programming) to numerous recipients simultaneously over a communication network: a radio station that broadcasts news; an agency broadcasting an appeal for donations over the internet.
2. To make known over a wide area: reporters who broadcast unchecked rumors in order to get the story out first; "The birds sang in flight because that was the only way, in this treeless terrain, to broadcast their claims across their chosen pieces of land" (Kenn Kaufman). See Synonyms at announce.
3. To sow (seed) over a wide area, especially by hand.
v.intr.
To communicate or transmit a signal, a message, or content, such as audio or video programming, to numerous recipients simultaneously over a communication network.
n.
1. The act or process of broadcasting a signal, a message, or content, such as audio or video programming.
2. A signal, message, or audio or video program that is broadcast over a communication network: watched the morning news broadcast.
3. The act of scattering seed.
adj.
1.
a. Communicated or transmitted by means of broadcasting, as over a communications network: a broadcast announcement.
b. Of or relating to the broadcasting of audio or video content over communication networks, as in television or radio.
2. Widely known.
3. Scattered over a wide area.
adv.
In a scattered manner.
broad′cast′er n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

broad•cast•ing

(ˈbrɔdˌkæs tɪŋ, -ˌkɑ stɪŋ)

n.
1. the act of transmitting speech, music, visual images, etc., as by radio or television.
2. radio or television as a business or profession.
[1920–25]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.broadcasting - a medium that disseminates via telecommunicationsbroadcasting - a medium that disseminates via telecommunications
broadcast medium
mass medium, medium - (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
broadcast, air, transmit, beam, send - broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song"
interrogate - transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
air - be broadcast; "This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M."
rebroadcast, rerun - broadcast again, as of a film
sign off - cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations
2.broadcasting - taking part in a radio or tv program
cut-in, insert - (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
network - (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs; "the networks compete to broadcast important sports events"
telecom, telecommunication - (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically
Rediffusion - a system for distributing radio or tv programs
radio, radiocommunication, wireless - medium for communication
telecasting, television, TV, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs
reception - quality or fidelity of a received broadcast
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Translations
إذاعَه، بَثٌّ
vysílání
radiotransmissiontvudsendelse
műsorszórás
útsending
yayın yapmayayınlama

broadcasting

[ˈbrɔːdkɑːstɪŋ]
A. N (TV) → teledifusión f, transmisión f (Rad) → radiodifusión f
B. CPD broadcasting station N → emisora f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

broadcasting

[ˈbrɔːdkɑːstɪŋ]
n (on radio) → radiodiffusion f; (on television) → télévision f
(= programmes) → émissions fpl
modif [executives] → de la chaîne; [rights] → télévisé(e)broadcasting station n (radio) → station f de radio; (TV) → station f de télévisionbroad church n (= organization) → groupe m qui accueille des courants très divers
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

broadcasting

n (Rad, TV) → Sendung f; (of event) → Übertragung f; end of broadcasting → Ende des Programms; to work in broadcasting → beim Rundfunk/Fernsehen arbeiten; the early days of broadcasting → die Anfänge des Rundfunks/Fernsehens
attr (Rad) → Rundfunk-; (TV) → Fernseh-
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

broadcasting

[ˈbrɔːdˌkɑːstɪŋ] n (TV) → televisione f (Radio) → radiodiffusione f; (broadcasts) → trasmissioni fpl
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

broadcast

(ˈbroːdkaːst) – past tense, past participle ˈbroadcast – verb
1. to send out (radio and TV programmes etc). He broadcasts regularly.
2. to make (something) widely known.
noun
a television or radio programme. I heard his broadcast last night.
ˈbroadcaster noun
ˈbroadcasting noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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