broadcast
Noun
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Message that is transmitted by radio or television (synset 106264137)
is a type of: message - a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaledsubtypes:
- rebroadcast - a broadcast that repeated at a later time
- radio broadcast - a broadcast via radio
- simulcast - a broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio)
- telecast - a television broadcast
- newscast - a broadcast of news or commentary on the news
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A radio or television show (synset 106631935)
"did you see his program last night?"is a type of: show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainmentsubtypes:
- news, news program, news show - a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary
- rerun - a program that is broadcast again
- chat show, talk show - a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience
- television program, television show, tv program, tv show - a program broadcast by television
- game show, giveaway - a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards
- serial, series - a serialized set of programs
- episode, installment, instalment - a part of a broadcast serial
- sustaining program - a program without a commercial sponsor
Verb
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Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television (synset 200975088)
"We cannot air this X-rated song"causes: air - be broadcastreferred to in: broadcast medium, broadcasting - a medium that disseminates via telecommunicationssubtypes:
- satellite - broadcast or disseminate via satellite
- sportscast - broadcast a sports event
- telecast, televise - broadcast via television
- interrogate - transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
- rebroadcast, rerun - broadcast again, as of a film
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Sow over a wide area, especially by hand (synset 201503823)
"broadcast seeds"referred to in: agriculture, farming, husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
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Cause to become widely known (synset 200970243)
"spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"subtypes:
- podcast - distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
- sow - introduce into an environment
- generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize - cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
- carry, run - include as the content; broadcast or publicize
same as: circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread
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