broadcast
Meaning of broadcast
- transmit (a programme or some information) by radio or television.
the announcement was broadcast live
- scatter (seeds) by hand or machine rather than placing in drills or rows.
the second method is to broadcast the seeds together with not more than 1 kg to the acre of rapeseed
- a radio or television programme or transmission.
the Queen's annual Christmas TV broadcast
- relating to radio or television programmes.
a broadcast journalist
- by scattering.
green manures can be sown broadcast or in rows
mid 18th century (in the sense ‘sown by scattering’): from broad + the past participle of cast1. Senses relating to radio and television date from the early 20th century.
Information about broadcast
- The plural form of broadcast is: broadcasts.
- Languages in which broadcast is used:
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Hyphenation of broadcast
broad-cast
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- broadcast is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
broadcast synonyms
Meaning program:
Meaning air:
Meaning circulate:
circulate, circularize, distribute, disseminate, propagate, spread, diffuse, disperse
Meaning receive and pass on (information or a message):
Meaning allow or cause (something) to be visible:
Meaning show (a film or video) or broadcast (a television programme):
Meaning transmit by television:
Meaning make available as a videocast:
Meaning make (a digital audio file) available as a podcast:
Meaning cover (a surface) with objects thrown or spread randomly over it:
Meaning plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth:
Meaning cover (an object or surface) with small drops or particles of a substance:
Meaning scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area:
Meaning propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand:
Meaning throw (something) somewhere lightly or casually:
Meaning throw or hurl forcefully:
Meaning cover or partly cover (a surface) with scattered objects:
Meaning a presentation or item on television or radio, especially one broadcast regularly between stated times:
Meaning the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured:
Meaning the giving of something to someone, especially as part of a formal ceremony:
Meaning an act of presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment:
Meaning a programme or signal that is broadcast or sent out:
Meaning a showing of a film, video, or television programme:
Meaning a television or radio programme:
Translation of broadcast
- French: diffuser, émission, programme
- German: senden, übertragen, Programm, Sendung, Ausstrahlung, Übertragung
- Portuguese: difundir, transmitir, programa
- Spanish: difundir, transmitir, emitir, trasmitir, programa, emisión, transmisión, trasmisión, radiodifusión, comunicar, propagar, diseminar
- Italian: trasmettere, diffondere, programma, trasmissione, comunicare, diramare, propagare, divulgare
Words that rhyme with broadcast
cast, acast, Webcast, subcast, webcast, hindcast, nonbroadcast, podcast, radiobroadcast, rebroadcast, unbroadcast, Litecast, cablecast, decast, forecast, molecast, precast, recast, reforecast, stonecast, telecast, typecast, umbecast, unforecast, offcast, Scotchcast, roughcast, dicast, micast, multicast, backcast, simulcast, wormcast, downcast, forncast, incast, opencast, uncast, screencast, Gelocast, endocast, pseudocast, radiocast, videocast, topcast, upcast, Aircast, Mercast, aftercast, colorcast