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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: message that is transmitted by radio or television
2: a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?" [syn: broadcast, program, programme] v
1: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit]
2: sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds"
3: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1767 1. cast or scattered in all directions 2. made public by means of radio or television 3. of or relating to radio or television broadcasting II. verb (broadcast; also broadcasted; broadcasting) Date: 1813 transitive verb 1. to scatter or sow (as seed) over a broad area 2. to make widely known 3. to transmit or make public by means of radio or television intransitive verb 1. to transmit a broadcast 2. to speak or perform on a broadcast program • broadcaster noun III. adverb Date: 1814 to or over a broad area IV. noun Date: 1922 1. the act of transmitting sound or images by radio or television 2. a single radio or television program

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v., n., adj., & adv. --v. (past broadcast or broadcasted; past part. broadcast) 1 tr. transmit (programmes or information) by radio or television. 2 intr. undertake or take part in a radio or television transmission. 3 tr. scatter (seed etc.) over a large area, esp. by hand. --n. a radio or television programme or transmission. --adj. 1 transmitted by radio or television. 2 a scattered widely. b (of information etc.) widely disseminated. --adv. over a large area. Derivatives: broadcaster n. broadcasting n. Etymology: BROAD + CAST past part.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Broadcast Broad"cast`, n. (Agric.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Broadcast Broad"cast`, a. 1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused. 2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Broadcast Broad"cast`, adv. So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(broadcasts, broadcasting) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: The form 'broadcast' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle of the verb. 1. A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television. In a broadcast on state radio the government also announced that it was willing to resume peace negotiations. = programme N-COUNT 2. To broadcast a programme means to send it out by radio waves, so that it can be heard on the radio or seen on television. The concert will be broadcast live on television and radio... CNN also broadcasts in Europe. = transmit VERB: be V-ed adv/prep, V, also V n

Moby Thesaurus

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