broadcast

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To send out a programme on television or radio.

   The match will be broadcast live on national television.

2. 2
   adj

   Sent out to many people by television or radio.

   He works in the broadcast industry as a sound engineer.

3. 3
   verb

   To make something widely known to many people.

   She broadcast the good news to everyone in the office.

Common collocations

• broadcast journalist Noun + noun
• broadcast nationwide Verb + adverb

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.

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