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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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Broadcasts
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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.
Related forms
un·broad·cast·ed, adjective
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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
EXPANDsense, 1921 in reference to radio. Broadcasting is recorded from 1922.
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