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broadcast

Syllabification: (broad·cast)
Pronunciation: /ˈbrôdˌkast/

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Definition of broadcast

verb (past and past participle broadcast)

[with object]
  • 1transmit (a program or some information) by radio or television:the announcement was broadcast live (as noun broadcasting)the 1920s saw the dawn of broadcasting
  • [no object] take part in a radio or television transmission:the station broadcasts 24 hours a day
  • tell (something) to many people; make widely known:we don’t want to broadcast our unhappiness to the world
  • 2scatter (seeds) by hand or machine rather than placing in drills or rows.

noun

  • a radio or television program or transmission.

adjective

  • of or relating to radio or television transmission:a broadcast journalist

adverb

  • by scattering:green manure can be sown broadcast or in rows

Derivatives

broadcaster

noun

Origin:

mid 18th century (in the sense 'sown by scattering'): from broad + the past participle of cast1. Senses relating to radio and television date from the early 20th century

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