broadcast

Forms

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative: more broadcast
Superlative: most broadcast

Adverb
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Comparative: more broadcast
Superlative: most broadcast

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: broadcasts

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1): broadcast
past (v2): broadcast
past participle (v3): broadcast
present participle: broadcasting
3rd person singular: broadcasts

Definitions

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1.Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.
- The seed was broadcast, not drilled.
2.Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means.
3.Relating to transmissions of messages or signals to many people through radio waves or electronic means.
- The new limitations would still prohibit foreigners from wholly or directly owning broadcast licensees, allowing only indirect ownership through a stake in a controlling parent of a broadcast licensee.

Adverb
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

1.Widely in all directions; abroad.
- A special letter of warning against the ravages of the potato-tuber moth in the shape of a press notice has been sent broadcast to newspapers, as well as to others, throughout the country.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.
2.A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted.
- The DJ was feeling nervous before his first national broadcast.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
- The TV is broadcasting a FUZZY PICTURE that shows the weatherman from WVII, the Bango ABC affiliate.
- I wanna tell you things and show you all the rest / Broadcast my emotions on the radio and take them off my chest / I hope you're listening / Are you? Are you?
2.To transmit a message over a wide area.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4373

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Rare
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Related words

Word family

broad

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

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

AdverbAdverb×A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

AdverbAdverb×A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

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Word family

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Adverb
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Adverb
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.