verb
adj
adv
Freq #5112
Meanings
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1
verb
To send out a programme on television or radio.
The match will be broadcast live on national television.
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2
adj
Sent out to many people by television or radio.
He works in the broadcast industry as a sound engineer.
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3
verb
To make something widely known to many people.
She broadcast the good news to everyone in the office.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
verb
· to send out a programme on...
air
3
verb
· to make something widely...
diffuse
More
widespread
Word family
Forms
broadcastedbroadcastingbroadcasts
Derived forms
anycastblogcastbroadcastabilitybroadcastablebroadcasterbroadcastingcablecastcybercastfancastlifecastmicrobroadcastmulticast
Etymology
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.