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Broadcasts

Verb / ˈbrɔ:ˌdkæsts / Another word for broadcasts — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

to transmit or communicate a message, program, or information by radio or television

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Common collocations

  • live broadcasts
  • radio broadcasts
  • television broadcasts
  • news broadcasts
  • broadcast live
  • broadcast a message
  • broadcast an event
  • broadcast signal

Word family

adjective broadcast

Usage note

The word 'broadcast' can function as both a noun and a verb, with the past tense and past participle also being 'broadcast'. It commonly refers to the transmission of radio or television programs.

Example sentences

  1. The television station broadcasts live sports games every weekend.
  2. The radio station broadcasts music and talk shows.
  3. The news is broadcasted to millions of people around the world.
  4. The program was broadcasted in over 100 countries.
  5. The radio signal broadcasts for miles.

Quotes

  • The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology. - Marshall McLuhan
  • Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless. - Steve Allen
  • Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam. - Marshall McLuhan

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