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telecast en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɛlɪkɑːst/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtɛlɪkæst/

Etymology

From tele- + -cast, from broadcast.

Meanings

  1. A television broadcast, especially outside of a studio.
    • By the time the telecast starts, you’ll be an industry insider. 2020 January 23, Scottie Andrew, Allen Kim and Tiffany Baker, “How to talk about the Grammys best new artist nominees like a pro”, in CNN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
telecasts Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

pretelecast

Relateds

televise

Translations (3)

bg телевизионно предаване (TV broadcast) · fi televisiolähetys (TV broadcast) · fi televisiointi (TV broadcast)

telecast en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɛlɪkɑːst/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtɛlɪkæst/

Etymology

From tele- + -cast, from broadcast.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To broadcast by television.
    • [The Kumbh Mela festival] would be telecast across the country. 2025 January 29, Aakash Hassan, “He went to capture the beauty of Hinduism. Then the stampede happened.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
    • Cooley currently is ironing out details of the proposed kinescoping with Klaus Landsberg, topper at KTLA, over whose facilities the hour-long show has been telecast […] 1953 August 29, Billboard, page 4:
  2. (intransitive) To broadcast a television program.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
telecasts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
telecasted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
telecasted Tense=Past common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
telecasting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
telecast Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
telecast Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

retelecast

Synonyms

air · televise

Translations (3)

fi lähettää (to broadcast a TV program) · bg предавам по телевизията (to broadcast by TV) · fi televisioida (to broadcast by TV)