broad·cast

[brawd-kast, -kahst] verb, broad·cast or broad·cast·ed, broad·cast·ing, noun, adjective, adverb
verb (used with object)
1.
to transmit (programs) from a radio or television station.
2.
to speak, perform, sponsor, or present on a radio or television program: The President will broadcast his message on all stations tonight.
3.
to cast or scatter abroad over an area, as seed in sowing.
4.
to spread widely; disseminate: She broadcast the good news all over town.
5.
to indicate unwittingly to another (one's next action); telegraph: He broadcast his punch and the other man was able to parry it.
verb (used without object)
6.
to transmit programs or signals from a radio or television station.
7.
to make something known widely; disseminate something.
8.
to speak, perform, sponsor, or present all or part of a radio or television program: The Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcasts every Saturday on our local station.
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noun
9.
something that is broadcast.
10.
a single radio or television program.
11.
the broadcasting of radio or television messages, speeches, etc.
12.
a single period of broadcasting.
13.
a method of sowing by scattering seed.
adjective
14.
(of programs) transmitted from a radio or television station.
15.
of or pertaining to broadcasting.
16.
cast abroad or all over an area, as seed scattered widely.
adverb
17.
so as to reach the greatest number of people by radio or television: The vital news was sent broadcast to inform the entire nation.
18.
so as to be cast abroad over an area: seed sown broadcast.

Origin:
1760–70; orig., broad (adv.) + cast, past participle of cast1

un·broad·cast·ed, adjective

broadcast, narrowcast, simulcast.
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broadcast (ˈbrɔːdˌkɑːst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb , -casts, -casting, -cast, -casted
1.  to transmit (announcements or programmes) on radio or television
2.  (intr) to take part in a radio or television programme
3.  (tr) to make widely known throughout an area: to broadcast news
4.  (tr) to scatter (seed, etc) over an area, esp by hand
 
n
5.  a.  a transmission or programme on radio or television
 b.  (as modifier): a broadcast signal
6.  a.  the act of scattering seeds
 b.  (as modifier): the broadcast method of sowing
 
adj
7.  dispersed over a wide area: broadcast seeds
 
adv
8.  far and wide: seeds to be sown broadcast
 
'broadcaster
 
n
 
'broadcasting
 
n

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Word Origin & History

broadcast
1767, adj., in reference to the spreading of seed, from broad + cast (v.). Figurative use is recorded from 1785. Modern media use began with radio (1922, adj. and noun). As a verb, recorded from 1813 in an agricultural sense, 1829 in a figurative
sense, 1921 in reference to radio. Broadcasting is recorded from 1922.
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broadcast definition


A transmission to multiple, unspecified recipients. On Ethernet, a broadcast packet is a special type of multicast packet which all nodes on the network are always willing to receive.

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Example sentences
TV stations have traditionally broadcast over wireless frequencies that carry
  information longer distances.
It was being broadcast on a radio talk show, and everybody on the road was
  tuned in to the same program.
Indeed, the entire appeal of the new age of online services is to broadcast
  personal information.
The spectacular site of the five biplane aircraft taking off was broadcast live
  on national television.
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