broadcast
To broadcast is to air a program, especially on TV or radio. It also means to tell people about something. If you paint your one true love’s name on your car, you broadcast your feelings to the whole world!
The word broadcast used to have to do with spreading seed, but now it refers to spreading information. It can be a noun or verb — if you turn on the radio, you're hearing a broadcast, and the station is broadcasting that show. You don’t have to be in a studio to broadcast, though. Any time you let a lot of people know about something (whether they like it or not), you broadcast. When information is broadcast, it becomes widely known.
Definitions of broadcast
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broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
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satellite
broadcast or disseminate via satellite
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sportscast
broadcast a sports event
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telecast, televise
broadcast via television
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interrogate
transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
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rebroadcast, rerun
broadcast again, as of a film
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colorcast
broadcast in color
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cause to become widely known“broadcast the news”
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synonyms:
circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread
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podcast
distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
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sow
introduce into an environment
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generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize
cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
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carry, run
include as the content; broadcast or publicize
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sow over a wide area, especially by hand
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a radio or television show
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news, news program, news show
a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary
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rerun
a program that is broadcast again
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chat show, talk show
a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience
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TV program, TV show, television program, television show
a program broadcast by television
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game show, giveaway
a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards
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serial, series
a serialized set of programs
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episode, installment, instalment
a part of a broadcast serial
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sustaining program
a program without a commercial sponsor
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phone-in
a program in which the audience participates by telephone
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colorcast, colourcast
a television program that is broadcast in color
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pilot, pilot film, pilot program
a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
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quiz program
a game show in which contestants answer questions
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cliffhanger
an episode that ends in suspense
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soap opera
a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products)
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tetralogy
a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)
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television news
a television broadcast of news
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sitcom, situation comedy
a humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life
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special
a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
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show
a social event involving a public performance or entertainment
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message that is transmitted by radio or television
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rebroadcast
a broadcast that repeated at a later time
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radio broadcast
a broadcast via radio
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simulcast
a broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio)
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telecast
a television broadcast
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newscast
a broadcast of news or commentary on the news
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radio news
a radio broadcast of news
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sportscast
a broadcast of sports news or commentary
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message
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
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