Dictionary
broad•cast
Pronunciation: (brôd'kast", -käst"), [key]
—v., -cast or -cast•ed, -cast•ing,
—n., adj., adv.
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v.t.
1. to transmit (programs) from a radio or television station.
2. to speak, perform, sponsor, or present on a radio or television program:
The President will broadcast his message on all stations tonight.
3. to cast or scatter abroad over an area, as seed in sowing.
4. to spread widely; disseminate:
She broadcast the good news all over town.
5. to indicate unwittingly to another (one's next action); telegraph:
He broadcast his punch and the other man was able to parry it.
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v.i.
1. to transmit programs or signals from a radio or television station.
2. to make something known widely; disseminate something.
3. to speak, perform, sponsor, or present all or part of a radio or television program:
The Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcasts every Saturday on our local station.
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n.
1. something that is broadcast.
2. a single radio or television program.
3. the broadcasting of radio or television messages, speeches, etc.
4. a single period of broadcasting.
5. a method of sowing by scattering seed.
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adj.
1. (of programs) transmitted from a radio or television station.
2. of or pertaining to broadcasting.
3. cast abroad or all over an area, as seed scattered widely.
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adv.
1. so as to reach the greatest number of people by radio or television:
The vital news was sent broadcast to inform the entire nation.
2. so as to be cast abroad over an area:
seed sown broadcast. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
