Definition of Broadcast
1. Noun. Message that is transmitted by radio or television.
Specialized synonyms: Rebroadcast, Radio Broadcast, Simulcast, Telecast, Newscast
2. Verb. Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television. "We cannot air this X-rated song"
Category relationships: Broadcast Medium, Broadcasting
Generic synonyms: Air, Bare, Publicise, Publicize
Specialized synonyms: Satellite, Sportscast, Telecast, Televise, Interrogate, Rebroadcast, Rerun
Causes: Air
Derivative terms: Air, Beam, Broadcaster, Sender, Transmission, Transmitter
3. Noun. A radio or television show. "Did you see his program last night?"
Generic synonyms: Show
Specialized synonyms: News, News Program, News Show, Rerun, Chat Show, Talk Show, Television Program, Television Show, Tv Program, Tv Show, Game Show, Giveaway, Serial, Series, Episode, Installment, Instalment, Sustaining Program
4. Verb. Sow over a wide area, especially by hand. "Broadcast seeds"
Generic synonyms: Seed, Sow
Derivative terms: Broadcaster
5. Verb. Cause to become widely known. "Broadcast the news"
Generic synonyms: Air, Bare, Publicise, Publicize
Specialized synonyms: Podcast, Sow, Generalise, Generalize, Popularise, Popularize, Vulgarise, Vulgarize, Carry, Run
Causes: Circulate, Go Around, Spread
Related verbs: Circulate, Go Around, Spread
Derivative terms: Circular, Circulation, Diffusion, Diffusive, Dispersal, Dispersion, Dispersive, Dissemination, Dissemination, Dissemination, Disseminative, Disseminator, Propagation, Propagator, Spread, Spread, Spread, Spreading
Definition of Broadcast
1. n. A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
2. a. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
3. adv. So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.
Definition of Broadcast
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Broadcast
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1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.
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Literary usage of Broadcast
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1. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"Direct-broadcast Satellites Direct-broadcast satellites — the second ...
Direct-broadcast satellites have the advantage that they are relatively easy to ..."
2. The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat by Peter Tracy Dondlinger (1908)
"Drills and broadcast seeders are made in standard widths of 8, 11 and 14 feet.
The tendency in recent years is to drill in the wheat, except perhaps in ..."
3. Civil and Political Rights in Croatia by Ivana Nizich, Željka Markić, Jeri Laber (1995)
"Article 64 of the Law on Telecommunication and Post makes Croatian the official
language of radio and television, while permitting programs to be broadcast ..."
4. Georgical Essays by Alexander Hunter (1803)
"A comparative View of two crops of Barley, the one drilled, and t!ie other sown
broadcast *. The experiment was made to ascertain the the produce of drilled ..."
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