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broadcast en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹɒd(ˌ)kæst/ (Canada)
  • (US) audio cot-caught
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈbɹoːd(ˌ)kɑːst/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kɑːst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbɹɔd(ˌ)kæst/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /ˈbɾɔd(ˌ)kast/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kast/ (Northern-England)
  • /ˈbɹɑd(ˌ)kæst/ (cot-caught-merger)

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 From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.

Meanings

  1. Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.
    • There must be action on and participation in broadcast methods of public education, face to face, in groups, or by use of the mails. This, however, is of secondary importance to the man-to-man job of education in care with fire in the woods. 1931 June, M. A. Mattoon, “Application of Methods to Minimize Human Risks and Physical Dangers”, in Fire Handbook: Region Seven: United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 8:
    • They alleged that, as soon as the Opium Commission was appointed, the various anti-opium organisations began to be extremely active and a determined campaign was carried on against the use of the drug by the circulation of a mass of anti-opium literature and the broadcast distribution of handbills and pamphlets. 1923, Song Ong Siang, “The Tenth Decade (1909–19): First Part”, in One Hundred Years’ History of the Chinese in Singapore: […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 444:
    • And ſuch a double Sowing is of the greateſt Importance; for on the thick Growth of a Crop very much depends on the Bigneſs of it at Harveſt, becauſe, by ſuch a thick Growth, the Weeds are overcome and kept down from hurting the Oats; and, likewiſe, the Heats and Droughts kept the better out from parching up the Roots of the Oats, which, in too thin a Crop, often prove fatal to it; for, when Oats are ſown in the random or broadcaſt Way, there is no more Mold allowed their Roots than what the Harrows and Roll give them; which, at beſt, is but a ſuperficial and moſt thin Covering, and, therefore, the more liable to ſuffer by Droughts, which is different from the Way of ſowing Oats in Drills. 1744, William Ellis, “Of White Oats”, in The Modern Husbandman: Or, The Practice of Farming: As it is Now Carried On by the Most Accurate Farmers in Several Counties of England. For the Month of April. …, Dublin: Printed by and for George Faulkner, →OCLC, pages 48–49:
    • The seed was broadcast, not drilled.
  2. Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means.
    • For radio-transmission it has been found that certain passages of a rhythmical nature come out more clearly if wooden-headed sticks are used. The Timpani sometimes tend to sound blurred and even to have a blurring effect on the rest of the orchestral ensemble in broadcast music, when ordinary soft sticks are used in a strongly marked rhythm. 1946, Ch[arles]-M[arie] Widor, “Percussion Instruments”, in Edward Suddard, transl., The Technique of the Modern Orchestra: A Manual of Practical Instrumentation, rev. and new edition, London: Joseph Wiliams Limited, 29, Enford Street, Marylebone, W.1, →OCLC; reprinted Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2005, →ISBN, page 208:
  3. (attributive) 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. 2013 November 14, Alina Selyukh, “U.S. FCC eases foreign investment limit for broadcast stations”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2017:

Forms

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most broadcast Degree=Sup lexicographic
more broadcast Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Coordinates

narrowcast

Synonyms

widespread

Translations (19)

el εκπέμπω (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · mr प्रसारित केलेले (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · de weit verstreut (cast or scattered widely) · mr मुठीने पेरलेले (cast or scattered widely) · de ausgestrahlt (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · mr ब्रॉडकास्ट केलेले (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · de gesendet (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · nl wijdverspreid (cast or scattered widely) · sip ཁྱབ (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · gl emitido (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · gl transmitido (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · fi lähetys- (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · fi levitetty (cast or scattered widely) · da udsendt (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · tr yayınlanan (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · tr yayınlanmış (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · tr geniş alana dağılan/dağılmış (cast or scattered widely) · ru широковещательный (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means) · pt transmitido (communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means)

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broadcast en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹɒd(ˌ)kæst/ (Canada)
  • (US) audio cot-caught
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈbɹoːd(ˌ)kɑːst/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kɑːst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbɹɔd(ˌ)kæst/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /ˈbɾɔd(ˌ)kast/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kast/ (Northern-England)
  • /ˈbɹɑd(ˌ)kæst/ (cot-caught-merger)

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 From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.

Meanings

  1. Widely in all directions; abroad.
    • [O]n reporting to Captain Thrasher he informed me that his orders were to take a detachment of forty men across the French Broad River and turn them loose to wander broadcast over the country as a protection to foraging parties of quartermasters and commissaries, […] 1864 January 15, J[oseph] B[enjamin] Polley, “Some ‘Escape’ Stories”, in A Soldier’s Letters to Charming Nellie, New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company, published 1908, →OCLC, page 195:
    • 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. 1913, F[rank] H[urlbut] Chittenden, “Protection of the Fall Crop and Seed Potatoes”, in The Potato-tuber Moth (U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin; no. 557), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 6:
    • The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch. […] Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,—the final expression of all societies. 1885, Honoré de Balzac; [Katherine Prescott Wormeley, transl.], “The Illustrious Gaudissart [Scenes from Provincial Life.]”, in The Duchesse de Langeais: With An Episode under the Terror, The Illustrious Gaudissart, A Passion in the Desert, and The Hidden Masterpiece (The Comedy of Human Life), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, 3 Somerset Street, →OCLC, chapter I, page 217:
  2. (archaic) By having its seeds sown over a wide area.
    • When [rape is] grown broadcast the superphosphate may be incorporated with the surface soil by the harrow when preparing the ground for the seed or in covering the same. 1893, Thomas Shaw, “Fertilizers for Rape”, in The Rape Plant: Its History, Culture, and Uses (U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin; no. 11), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office; published by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 15:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more broadcast Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most broadcast Degree=Sup lexicographic

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broadcast en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹɒd(ˌ)kæst/ (Canada)
  • (US) audio cot-caught
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈbɹoːd(ˌ)kɑːst/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kɑːst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbɹɔd(ˌ)kæst/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /ˈbɾɔd(ˌ)kast/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kast/ (Northern-England)
  • /ˈbɹɑd(ˌ)kæst/ (cot-caught-merger)

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 From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.

Meanings

  1. A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.
    • No one knows how long it will be until a broadcast from a studio in New York will be viewed in India as well as in Indiana, will be seen in the Congo as it is seen in Chicago. But as surely as we are meeting here today, that day will come; and once again our world will shrink. 1961 May 9, Newton Minow, Television and the Public Interest:
    • After nearly 40 years of continuous broadcast in Hong Kong, a 24-hour transmission of the BBC World Service will go silent in the former British colony, replaced with programming from China's state radio channel. The move by Radio Television Hong Kong, owned by the local government, was meant to "enhance the cultural exchange between the mainland and Hong Kong", a spokesman said. 2017 August 13, Benjamin Haas, “Radio silence: 24-hour broadcast of BBC World Service dropped in Hong Kong: After four decades in the former British colony, BBC World Service is to be mostly replaced with China’s state radio channel”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2017:
  2. A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted.
    • Radio Free Europe was established by a group of private citizens in December 1949, for the purpose of conducting a propaganda campaign against six Communist-dominated satellites in central and eastern Europe. […] Its program consisted of daily half-hour broadcasts, first to Czechoslovakia and then to Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Rumania, and Albania. 1958, Robert T. Holt, “Introduction”, in Radio Free Europe, Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, →OCLC, page 3:
    • We interrupt this broadcast at the request of the police department to bring you the following special bulletin: The dead body of Miss Paula Canfield, missing student at Westlake University and daughter of the multi-millionaire Harold Canfield, has been found in the Arroyo Seco near the Colorado Street Bridge. 1943, Wilfrid H. Pettitt, Nine Girls: A Play in Prologue and Two Acts, Chicago, Ill.: The Dramatic Publishing Company, →OCLC; republished Woodstock, Ill.: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1971, →ISBN, act I, scene i, pages 15–16:
    • The DJ was feeling nervous before his first national broadcast.
  3. (archaic) The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed.
    • It was stated by Mr. Miller, that the common method was, formerly, to sow the barley-seed with a broadcast at two sowings; the first being harrowed in once, but the second not until the seed is buried; […] 1807, “BARLEY”, in The Complete Farmer; or, General Dictionary of Agriculture and Husbandry: Comprehending the Most Improved Methods of Cultivation; the Different Modes of Raising Timber, Fruit, and Other Trees; and the Modern Management of Live-stock: With Descriptions of the Most Approved Implements, Machinery, and Farm-buildings, 5th wholly re-written and enlarged edition, London: Printed by Rider and Weed, Little Britain, for R. Baldwin [et al.], →OCLC, column 2:
    • Since my laſt, I went to ſee a piece of Daniel Fitch's, of Pluckley, Kent. He has two acres of broadcaſt, the oldeſt I have ever ſeen, ſown twenty years ago with barley, like clover. 1785, W. Belcher, “Observations on Lucerne”, in Arthur Young (agriculturist), editor, Annals of Agriculture, and Other Useful Arts, volume III, number 18, London: Printed for the editor, and sold by H. Goldney, No. 15, Paternoster-Row, →OCLC, page 433:

Forms

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broadcasts Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

narrowcast

Deriveds

broadcast storm · fancast · radiobroadcast · podcast · broadcastable · party political broadcast · broadcast radiation · narrowcast · broadcastability · postbroadcast · cybercast · direct broadcast satellite · telebroadcast · nonbroadcast · webcast · prebroadcast · microbroadcast · lifecast · broadcast jockey · newscast · blogcast · broadcast station · anycast · broadcast delay · cablecast · multicast

Translations (179)

mk емисија (transmission of a radio or television programme) · nl programma (programme transmitted) · uz eshittirish (transmission of a radio or television programme) · fo sending (transmission of a radio or television programme) · az translyasiya (transmission of a radio or television programme) · cy darllediad (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ru програ́мма (programme transmitted) · nl uitzending (transmission of a radio or television programme) · es retransmisión (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ka მაუწყებლობა (transmission of a radio or television programme) · el μετάδοση (transmission of a radio or television programme) · sq transmetim (transmission of a radio or television programme) · it diffusione (transmission of a radio or television programme) · es emisión (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ky (телерадио-)берүү (transmission of a radio or television programme) · pl emisja (programme transmitted) · bg програ́ма (programme transmitted) · bal شنگ (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ru эфир (transmission of a radio or television programme) · lv translācija (transmission of a radio or television programme) · he שידור \ שִׁדּוּר (transmission of a radio or television programme) · el εκπομπή (transmission of a radio or television programme) · mi whakapāhotanga (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ro transmisiune (transmission of a radio or television programme) · pt difusão (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ro emisiune (programme transmitted) · gl emisión (transmission of a radio or television programme) · bn সম্প্রচার (transmission of a radio or television programme) · tg пахш (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ru переда́ча (transmission of a radio or television programme) · tk ýaýlym (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ur نَشْرِیَہ (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ru трансля́ция (transmission of a radio or television programme) · mr मुठीची पेरणी (act of scattering seed) · uz yoyin (programme transmitted) · mk емитување (transmission of a radio or television programme) · th โปรแกรม (programme transmitted) · es televisación (transmission of a radio or television programme) · id siaran (programme transmitted) · bg радиопреда́ване (transmission of a radio or television programme) · hy տրանսլյացիա (transmission of a radio or television programme) · mk програма (programme transmitted) · nl zaaien (act of scattering seed) · it emissione (transmission of a radio or television programme) · kk хабар тарату (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ky уктуруу (programme transmitted) · pt transmissão (programme transmitted) · hi प्रसारण (transmission of a radio or television programme) · mi ruinga (act of scattering seed) · el πρόγραμμα (programme transmitted) · ca programa (programme transmitted) · bg преда́ване (programme transmitted) · ko 프로 (programme transmitted) · tr yayın (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ja 番組 (programme transmitted) · mi pāhotanga (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ky берүү (programme transmitted) · uk програ́ма (programme transmitted) · nb utsending (programme transmitted) · nb kringkasting (transmission of a radio or television programme) · el μετάδοση (programme transmitted) · ru веща́ние (transmission of a radio or television programme) · kk бағдарлама (programme transmitted) · fi lähetys (programme transmitted) · ko 프로그램 (programme transmitted) · be перада́ча (transmission of a radio or television programme) · af uitsending (transmission of a radio or television programme) · lt transliacija (transmission of a radio or television programme) · es emisión (programme transmitted) · pt semeadura (act of scattering seed) · fa-ira پَخْش (transmission of a radio or television programme) · tk veriliş (programme transmitted) · fi lähetys (transmission of a radio or television programme) · sk program (programme transmitted) · ka გადაცემა (programme transmitted) · fa-ira بَرْنامِه (programme transmitted) · th การแพร่ (transmission of a radio or television programme) · sl program (programme transmitted) · mr प्रसारण (transmission of a radio or television programme) · nl uitzenden (transmission of a radio or television programme) · bg преда́ване (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ga craolachán (transmission of a radio or television programme) · sl oddaja (programme transmitted) · fi hajakylvö (act of scattering seed) · ro difuzare (transmission of a radio or television programme) · lv pārraide (transmission of a radio or television programme) · uz yoyin (transmission of a radio or television programme) · mr ब्रॉडकास्ट (transmission of a radio or television programme) · he שידור \ שִׁדּוּר (programme transmitted) · ms siaran (programme transmitted) · nb program (programme transmitted) · ar بَرْنَامَج (programme transmitted) · nl uitzending (programme transmitted) · pt retransmissão (transmission of a radio or television programme) · nl transmissie (transmission of a radio or television programme) · be прагра́ма (programme transmitted) · pt emissão (transmission of a radio or television programme) · sv program (programme transmitted) · mk дифузија (transmission of a radio or television programme) · it programma (programme transmitted) · tg барнома (programme transmitted) · ms siaran (transmission of a radio or television programme) · sh емѝсија (programme transmitted) · mk емисија (programme transmitted) · ar إِذَاعَة (transmission of a radio or television programme) · tk ýaýlym (programme transmitted) · km ឧគ្ឃោសន (transmission of a radio or television programme) · da program (programme transmitted) · cmn 節目 /节目 (programme transmitted) · ja 放送 (transmission of a radio or television programme) · es diseminar (act of scattering seed) · sh prògram (programme transmitted) · ko 방송 (transmission of a radio or television programme) · is útsending (transmission of a radio or television programme) · tr yayın (programme transmitted) · mi whakapaohotanga (transmission of a radio or television programme) · de Verstreuen (act of scattering seed) · vi phát sóng (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ga craoladh (programme transmitted) · sk relácia (programme transmitted) · cs program (programme transmitted) · cs vysílání (transmission of a radio or television programme) · sh про̀грам (programme transmitted) · sh emìsija (transmission of a radio or television programme) · pl audycja (programme transmitted) · et ringhääling (transmission of a radio or television programme) · de Rundfunk (transmission of a radio or television programme) · it trasmissione (transmission of a radio or television programme) · mi pāho (programme transmitted) · uk переда́ча (transmission of a radio or television programme) · uk переда́ча (programme transmitted) · cmn 廣播 /广播 (transmission of a radio or television programme) · da udsendelse (programme transmitted) · de Übertragung (transmission of a radio or television programme) · sh emìsija (programme transmitted) · pl program (programme transmitted) · pl emisja (transmission of a radio or television programme) · id siaran (transmission of a radio or television programme) · be трансля́цыя (transmission of a radio or television programme) · hu adás (programme transmitted) · pl nadawanie (transmission of a radio or television programme) · uk трансля́ція (transmission of a radio or television programme) · sh емѝсија f` (transmission of a radio or television programme) · el σπορά (act of scattering seed) · ar بَثّ (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ca emissió (transmission of a radio or television programme) · th รายการ (programme transmitted) · yi אוידיציע (transmission of a radio or television programme) · fo sending (programme transmitted) · hu adás (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ru переда́ча (programme transmitted) · ro emisiune (transmission of a radio or television programme) · cs pořad (programme transmitted) · da udsendelse (transmission of a radio or television programme) · fr émission (programme transmitted) · sk vysielanie (transmission of a radio or television programme) · af uitsaai (transmission of a radio or television programme) · cs relace (programme transmitted) · et saade (transmission of a radio or television programme) · az yayım (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ga craoladh (transmission of a radio or television programme) · ur نَشْرِیَہ (programme transmitted) · es programa (programme transmitted) · de Sendung (programme transmitted) · de Ausstreuen (act of scattering seed) · sl oddaja (transmission of a radio or television programme) · de Ausstrahlung (transmission of a radio or television programme) · uz translyatsiya (transmission of a radio or television programme) · el εκπομπή (programme transmitted) · ar تَلْفَزَة (transmission of a radio or television programme) · sv utsändning (transmission of a radio or television programme) · sv sändning (programme transmitted) · de Sendung (transmission of a radio or television programme) · de aufgegangene Saat (act of scattering seed) · be перада́ча (programme transmitted) · gl retransmisión (transmission of a radio or television programme) · nb utsending (transmission of a radio or television programme) · fr émission (transmission of a radio or television programme) · sq emision (programme transmitted)

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broadcast en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹɒd(ˌ)kæst/ (Canada)
  • (US) audio cot-caught
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈbɹoːd(ˌ)kɑːst/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kɑːst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbɹɔd(ˌ)kæst/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /ˈbɾɔd(ˌ)kast/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kast/ (Northern-England)
  • /ˈbɹɑd(ˌ)kæst/ (cot-caught-merger)

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 From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
    • 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? 2020, Ava Max, Sorana, Roland Spreckley, Henri Antero Salonen, Cirkut, Jason Gill, “OMG What's Happening”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max:
    • The state of Rhode Island was the scene, on October 30, 1974, of yet another scare involving an adaptation of The War of the Worlds. Broadcast on radio station WPRO, Providence, the drama frightened listeners across the state. The play began with reporters covering a "meteor crash" near Jamestown, the purported Martian landing site. […] City fire stations and other radio and TV outlets reported being inundated with inquiries from anxious callers, as was WPRO, which received more than a hundred calls. 2005, Robert E. Bartholomew, “Introduction”, in H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The War of the Worlds, New York, N.Y.: Cosimo Books, →ISBN, page 8:
    • The TV is broadcasting a FUZZY PICTURE that shows the weatherman from WVII, the Bango ABC affiliate. 1999 February, Stephen King, Storm of the Century, trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, act 3, page 175:
    • When the boys reached the business section of Bayport they found that Jackley's confession had already become known. The local radio station had broadcast it in the afternoon news program and people everywhere were discussing it. 1927 June 1, Franklin W. Dixon [pseudonym: Leslie McFarlane], “A Surprise”, in The Tower Treasure (The Hardy Boys; no. 1), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
    • Practicing vocational service to the limit of one's vision makes a difference whether an employer regards his employees as "robots or human beings"; it makes a difference in the kind of advertisements he publishes or broadcasts; it makes a difference how he reacts under pressure from a competitor; it makes a difference in the quality of his service. 1967 January, “Four Avenues of Service”, in Adventure in Service (Pamphlet [Rotary International]; 52), Evanston, Ill.; Zurich: Rotary International, →OCLC, page 69:
    • The Royal Shakespeare Company will today become the first theatre in the UK to broadcast Shakespeare direct into schools. A production of Richard II, starring David Tennant in the title role, is going to be streamed free of charge into classrooms up and down the country. 2013 November 15, “Shakespeare broadcast direct into schools for first time”, in ITV News, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2017:
  2. (transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area.
    • However, truth and lies can usually be confirmed or denied by speaking with eyewitnesses of events in order to verify what took place. The amount of time separating the event in question from when it was broadcasted also makes a difference. 2014, Greg[ory J.] Monette, The Wrong Jesus: Fact, Belief, Legend, Truth ... Making Sense of What You’ve Heard, Colorado Springs, Colo.: NavPress in alliance with Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, page 178:
    • The break with imperialism and the liberation of Russia from the predatory war, the publication of the secret treaties and the solemn abrogation of the policy of seizing foreign soil, the proclamation of national freedom and the recognition of the independence of Finland, the declaration of Russia as a "Federation of Soviet National Republics" and the militant battle-cry of a resolute struggle against imperialism broadcast all over the world by the Soviet government in millions of pamphlets, newspapers, and leaflets in the mother tongues of the peoples of the East and West—all this could not fail to have its effect on the enslaved East and the bleeding West. [1934], Joseph Stalin, “The October Revolution and the National Question”, in The October Revolution: A Collection of Articles & Speeches (Marxist Library), London: Martin Lawrence, →OCLC, section III (The International Importance of the October Revolution), pages 15–16:
  3. (specifically, transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area. ▸ To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.
    • Urban legend has it that someone is monitoring all those e-mails broadcast from your work address. Hard to imagine a more boring job but the truth is, and I shouldn't have to tell people this, the record of those e-mails is in a server somewhere and it can be monitored. 2016, Richard A. Moran, “That Permanent Record”, in The Thing about Work: Showing Up and Other Important Matters: A Worker’s Manual, Brookline, Mass.: Bibliomotion, →ISBN:
  4. (intransitive) To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme.
    • She [Françoise Dolto] is most well known in France for her broadcasts on France-Inter, Lorsque l'enfant parait; she broadcasted for twelve minutes every day of the week for two years, answering parents' questions. 2009, Sian Morgan, “Françoise Dolto: A Biography”, in Guy Hall, Francoise Hivernel, Sian Morgan, editors, Theory and Practice in Child Psychoanalysis: An Introduction to the Work of Françoise Dolto, London: Karnac Books, →ISBN, page 22:
  5. (archaic, transitive) To sow seeds over a wide area.
    • I ſhall content myſelf, […] to ſay that the ſeed ſhoud be ſown in the garden, or very good ground, in rows, or broadcaſt, and as ſoon as the plants are of the ſize of a gooſe-quill, to be tranſplanted in rows of eighteen inches diſtance, and eighteen inches apart, one plant from the other: […] 1789, Thomas Boothby Parkyns, “Some Account of the Racine de Disette, or Root of Scarcity, of Its Utility, and the Mode of Treating It; from a Letter of Thomas Boothby Parkyns, Esq., Addressed to the Secretary of the above-mentioned Society [the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce].—From the Same Work [vol. 5 of the Transactions of the Society].”, in The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature, London: Printed for J[ames] Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, →OCLC, page 80, column 1:
    • I wanted to grow my own cut flowers for the big day so three months earlier I broadcasted an annual seed mix across a few recently cleared borders. 2013 November 9, Sarah Price, “Breathing new life into an old garden [print edition: New life, old garden]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), London, archived from the original on 15 May 2016, page G1:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
broadcasted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
broadcasted Tense=Past common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
broadcast Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
broadcast Tense=Past lexicographic
broadcasting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
broadcasts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

narrowcast

Deriveds

fancast · radiobroadcast · broadcasting · narrowcast · cybercast · simulcast · unbroadcast · peercast · nonbroadcast · rebroadcast · unicast · unbroadcasted · broadcaster · pointcast · sodcast

Hypernyms

cast

Synonyms

transmit · send · air

Translations (140)

ja 放送する (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · fi levittää (to transmit a message over a wide area) · oc difusar (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · mk емитува (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · vi quảng bá (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · gl televisar (to transmit a message over a wide area) · hi प्रचारित करना (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ro emite (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · pt transmitir (to transmit a message over a wide area) · my အသံလွှင့် (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · mk пренесе (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · pt disseminar (to sow seeds over a wide area) · mi rui (to sow seeds over a wide area) · es emitir (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · bg разпространя́вам (to transmit a message over a wide area) · mi whakapaoho (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · fi lähettää (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · it trasmettere (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · sl oddajati (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · mi whakapāho (to transmit a message over a wide area) · gl emitir (to transmit a message over a wide area) · da udsende (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · es televisar (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · gl semear (to sow seeds over a wide area) · mi ruirui (to sow seeds over a wide area) · unm sehëmën (to sow seeds over a wide area) · sh емитовати (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ru переда́ть (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · el σπέρνω (to sow seeds over a wide area) · es transmitir (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ro prezenta (to appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme) · pl nadawać (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · th ถ่ายทอด (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · uk віща́ти (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · lv raidīt (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · bg преда́вам (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · vi phát sóng (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · it presentare (to appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme) · cmn 廣播 /广播 (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · it spargere (to sow seeds over a wide area) · nb kringkaste (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · la dissēminō (to transmit a message over a wide area) · fi esittää (to appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme) · tr yayınlamak (to transmit a message over a wide area) · uk переда́ти (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · fr retransmettre (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · hi प्रसारित करना (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ga craol (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · be транслі́раваць (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · sip ཁྱབ (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · pt apresentar (to appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme) · mr प्रसारित करणे (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · nl omroepen (to appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme) · fi hajakylvää (to sow seeds over a wide area) · ar أَذَاعَ (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · sv sända ut (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · pt transmitir (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ms siarkan (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · et edastama (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · it radiodiffondere (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ca transmetre (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · pt semear (to sow seeds over a wide area) · lv pārraidīt (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · be перада́ць (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · nb sende ut (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ru вести (to appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme) · gl sementar (to sow seeds over a wide area) · ru трансли́ровать (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · bg преда́м (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · hu vet (to sow seeds over a wide area) · ru передава́ть (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · lo ກະຈາຍສຽງ (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · mi whakapāho (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · de übertragen (to transmit a message over a wide area) · uk передава́ти (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · el μεταδίδω (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · nl uitzenden (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · it diffondere (to transmit a message over a wide area) · ka მაუწყებლობს (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · la dissēminō (to sow seeds over a wide area) · sv bredså (to sow seeds over a wide area) · cy darlledu (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ga leath (to sow seeds over a wide area) · de verbreiten (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · bg преда́вам по ра́диото (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · de senden (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · gl emitir (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · be перадава́ць (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · gl presentar (to appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme) · it mandare in onda (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · lt transliuoti (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · de ausstrahlen (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · uk транслюва́ти (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · tr yayınlamak (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · fr radiodiffuser (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · gd craol (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · el παρουσιάζω (to appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme) · mr ब्रॉडकास्ट करणे (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · gd craol (to appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme) · it radiotrasmettere (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ru распространя́ть (to transmit a message over a wide area) · hu sugároz (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · es retransmitir (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · cmn 播報 /播报 (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · gl retransmitir (to transmit a message over a wide area) · sh emitovati (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ur نشر کرنا (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · eo elsendi (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · lo ຖ່າຽທອດ (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ar بَثَّ (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · mk пренесува (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · el εκπέμπω (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · he שידר \ שִׁדֵּר (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ru веща́ть (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · pl nadać (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · sk vysielať (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · it diffondere (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · mr मुठीची पेरणी करणे (to sow seeds over a wide area) · de übertragen (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · gl transmitir (to transmit a message over a wide area) · sv utsända (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · fr diffuser (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · nl uitzaaien (to sow seeds over a wide area) · vi phát thanh (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ga croith (to sow seeds over a wide area) · hi ब्राडकास्ट करना (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · be вяшча́ць (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · cs vysílat (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · bg хвърлям семена (to sow seeds over a wide area) · nl omroepen (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · pt difundir (to transmit a message over a wide area) · la vulgō (to transmit a message over a wide area) · ga scaip (to transmit a message over a wide area) · gl transmitir (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ca emetre (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · lv translēt (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ko 방송하다 (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · km ផ្សាយ (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · ro difuza (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) · mi pāho (to appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme)

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