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Definition of broadcast noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

broadcast

noun
 
/ˈbrɔːdkɑːst/
 
/ˈbrɔːdkæst/
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  1. a radio or television programme
    • (British English) a party political broadcast (= for example, before an election)
    • We watched a live broadcast of the speech (= one shown at the same time as the speech was made).
    • The evening news broadcasts are very different today from what they were 25 years ago.
    • She has 20 years' experience in broadcast journalism.
    • a body that regulates all broadcast media
    • They do not own a major television broadcast network.
    Extra Examples
    • The president gave a radio broadcast to mark the end of the war.
    • There is pressure to cancel the network broadcast of the movie.
    • a broadcast by the president
    • a radio broadcast on the problems of unemployment
    Topics TV, radio and newsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • radio
    • television
    • cable
    verb + broadcast
    • make
    • hear
    • see
    preposition
    • in a/​the broadcast
    • broadcast by
    • broadcast on
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    Word Originmid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘sown by scattering’): from broad + the past participle of cast ‘throw’. Senses relating to radio and television date from the early 20th cent.
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