broadcast1 nounbroadcast2 verb
broadcastbroad‧cast1 /ˈbrɔːdkɑːst $ ˈbrɒːdkæst/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- In a nationwide TV broadcast, the prime minister explained why he was resigning.
- Meyer had no broadcasting experience when he created Midwest Television.
- The exciting thing about the show is that it's a live broadcast and anything can happen.
- The government has banned all broadcasts by opposition groups.
- All radio broadcasts and church publications continue to be closely monitored by the government.
- Chamberlain's dramatic radio broadcast announcing the Declaration of War in 1939.
- Federal law prohibits the broadcast from being recorded.
- From 1969 he composed music for his own groups formed for recordings, broadcasts and tours.
- My daily Radio Column covered a wide spectrum of programme interests, a large part of which was concerned with local broadcasts.
- Old photographs, and some archive film footage or earlier radio broadcasts would also be included, depending on the period being studied.
Longman Language Activatora television or radio programme
British /program American a play, news report, performance etc that is broadcast on television or the radio at a particular time, often regularly: · It's one of my favourite programs.programme about: · Did you see that programme about cricket on TV last night?TV/television/radio programme: · When couples argue over which TV program to watch, the husband usually wins.news/comedy/documentary etc programme: · a daily news programme aimed at teenagers
a television or radio programme, especially one that is entertaining or funny rather than a news or discussion programme: · I try and tape the shows I don't want to miss.game/talk/quiz etc show: · "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?" is one of the most successful game shows ever.TV/television/radio show: · Spelling continues to produce hit television shows.
formal something that is broadcast on the radio or on television, especially a speech, discussion, or news programme: · The government has banned all broadcasts by opposition groups.TV/television/radio broadcast: · In a nationwide TV broadcast, the prime minister explained why he was resigning.live broadcast (=a programme being broadcast at the same time as it is happening): · The exciting thing about the show is that it's a live broadcast and anything can happen.
an amusing programme in which there is a different story each week about the same group of people: · Several family-oriented sitcoms are on in the early evening.· The popular British sitcom "One Foot in the Grave" will finish this year.
a television or radio story about a group of people and their lives, which is broadcast regularly for many years: · American evening soap operas tend to be about the rich, while British soaps follow the lives of ordinary people.
a programme that gives you facts and information about a serious subject, such as history, science, or social problems: · The documentary explores the success of a Jewish sect intent on keeping ancient traditions alive.a TV/television documentary: · He made a TV documentary about the flower children of the sixties.fly-on-the-wall documentary (=one that shows the daily lives of people in detail, and that is made in a way that makes them forget they are being filmed): · a fly-on-the-wall documentary about teenage pregnancy
WORD SETSaerial, nounairtime, nounAM, nounantenna, nounatmospherics, nounaudio, adjectiveband, nounBBC, the, beacon, nounbeam, verbBeeb, the, bleep, verbboom, nounboom box, nounBritish Broadcasting Corporation, nounbroadband, nounbroadcast, nounbroadcast, verbcable television, CB, nounCCTV, nounCeefax, nounchannel, nounclosed circuit television, nouncommunications satellite, nouncontrast, noundial, nounDJ, nounexposure, nounflash, verbFM, nounfrequency, nounham, nounHz, interference, nounjam, verbkHz, kilohertz, nounlinkup, nounlive, adjectivelocal radio, nounlong wave, nounloudspeaker, nounLW, mast, nounmedium wave, nounmegahertz, nounMHz, modulate, verbmonitor, nounmono, nounmono, adjectiveNBC, nounnetwork, nounnetwork, verbon-air, adjectiveover, prepositionpresenter, nounprogramming, nounquadraphonic, adjectiveradio, nounradio, verbreceive, verbreceiver, nounreception, nounrepeat, verbrepeat, nounrerun, nounrerun, verbroger, interjectionsatellite, nounsatellite dish, nounsatellite television, nounsaturation, nounscrambler, nounseries, nounset, nounshipping forecast, nounship-to-shore, adjectiveshort wave, nounsignal, nounsignature tune, nounsimulcast, verbSOS, nounsound, nounsound bite, nounsound check, nounstatic, nountelecast, nounTeletext, nountelevise, verbtelevision, nountelevision licence, nountelly, nountime signal, nountrack, verbtransistor, nountransistor radio, nountransmission, nountransmit, verbtransmitter, nountune, verbtuner, nountweeter, nountwo-way, adjectiveUHF, noununscramble, verbveejay, nounvideo, nounvideo, adjectivevideo jockey, nounvolume, nounwaveband, nounwavelength, nounwhite noise, nounwireless, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYtypes of broadcast
The ceremony will be broadcast live on television. a party political broadcast on television
a programme on the radio or on television: · The president addressed the nation in a television broadcast.
· The match was shown live in a world-wide satellite broadcast.
· The BBC's evening news broadcast was interrupted.
(=a short television advertisement made by a political party)· How are party political broadcasts funded?
(=shown before an election to persuade people to vote for a party)· a Labour party election broadcast
(=shown or heard as it is happening)· a live television broadcast from Beijing
· An Internet broadcast can reach a truly global audience.
verbs· He made a long broadcast over the radio.
· The prime minister gave a television broadcast to the country at 10:15.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· All the channels are broadcasting the match live.
British English (=a programme by a party saying why people should vote for them in an election)· a Conservative Party election broadcast
British English (=not owned or paid for by the government) independent television companies
independent television companies The ceremony will be broadcast live on television. a party political broadcast on television· All radio broadcasts continue to be closely monitored by the government.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· There will also be a live outside broadcast form a preserved line.· As everyone who has watched the live broadcast remembers, El Comandante spoke for fifty-five minutes.· The activity centres around the big top in Stockton High Street offering free all day entertainment with live broadcasts and personal appearances.· Liberal politicians paraded through the studios, providing soundbites that were instantly fed into the live broadcasts.
· But in a party political broadcast last night, the Education Secretary John Patten defended the tests.· I remember crying sentimental tears a few years later in 1987 when I watched on television Neil Kinnock's party political broadcast.· The Prime Minister I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for reprising his party political broadcast of last evening.· Some later described the speech as a party political broadcast.· The biggest items of expenditure would probably be printing an election address and preparing a party political broadcast.· He claimed Labour had shown desperation tactics by naming four-year-old Matthew to justify a party political broadcast.· All the Tories needed to win was to play those interviews back as party political broadcasts.· Did you see our frightful party political broadcast?
NOUN· He was asked to appear in a Labour election broadcast.
· The broadcast industry needs to decide what is their relationship to their public in their status as public trustees.· But by far the worst consequence of an immediate auction would be to throw the broadcast industry on the junk pile.· An awards banquet, the first ever specifically for blacks in the broadcast industry, was held at the Waldorf-Astoria.
· I analyzed the information from the print media separately from the information from the broadcast media.
· That is equivalent to a 5. 4 rating on a broadcast network....
· Let's take the recording task described earlier: to prepare news items for a magazine programme or news broadcast.· And even within news broadcasts, solid reporting about serious subjects is diminishing.· The news broadcast had been repeated a number of times that evening, the same footage being shown again and again.· Some of this decline is attributed to competition from cable news channels and from local news broadcasts.· At present, regional news broadcasts have the tone of a modified sensationalist journalism.· While the form of a news broadcast emphasizes tidiness and control, its content can best be described as fragmented.· But the news broadcast after the first missile attack failed to mention it.· Political pressures at the station led to unbalanced news broadcasts and improper promotions and demotions, according to the officials and documents.
· Old photographs, and some archive film footage or earlier radio broadcasts would also be included, depending on the period being studied.· Do old radio broadcasts, minor record labels and second-rate artists merit box sets?· All radio broadcasts and church publications continue to be closely monitored by the government.· Elites can more easily assess the situation and attitudes of both allies and rivals by monitoring television and radio broadcasts.· Chamberlain's dramatic radio broadcast announcing the Declaration of War in 1939.· In time, books, radio broadcasts, films, and professional journals were added to the list.· Using radio broadcasts and posters, they had warned the locals that they would be shot if they turned out to vote.
· A Xinjiang television broadcast carried pictures of weapons, riot damage and injured and dead security personnel.· Recently, the civic cleanup campaign in Dalian has been showcased in official newspapers and television broadcasts.· The earlier materials were almost all produced for television broadcast as well as classroom use.· By replacing Candlestick, the 49ers want to reduce cold winds and maximize sunshine for fans and television broadcasts.
VERB· The Kurdish people have a right to broadcast, and as viewers to watch these broadcasts.· As everyone who has watched the live broadcast remembers, El Comandante spoke for fifty-five minutes.· Murphy was seen with her baby in her arms watching a broadcast of Quayle's attack on her.· They are telling many lies, and everyone is watching these broadcasts by satellite, Mr Atasagun said.
a news broadcast CNN’s live broadcast of the trial (=sent out at the same time as the events are happening)COLLOCATIONStypes of broadcasta radio/television broadcast· The president addressed the nation in a television broadcast.a satellite broadcast· The match was shown live in a world-wide satellite broadcast.a news broadcast· The BBC's evening news broadcast was interrupted.a party political broadcast (=a short television advertisement made by a political party)· How are party political broadcasts funded?an election broadcast (=shown before an election to persuade people to vote for a party)· a Labour party election broadcasta live broadcast (=shown or heard as it is happening)· a live television broadcast from Beijingan Internet broadcast· An Internet broadcast can reach a truly global audience.verbsmake/do a broadcast· He made a long broadcast over the radio.give a broadcast· The prime minister gave a television broadcast to the country at 10:15.broadcast1 nounbroadcast2 verb
broadcastbroadcast2 ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle broadcast) VERB TABLE
broadcast
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | broadcast |
| he, she, it | broadcasts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | broadcast |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have broadcast |
| he, she, it | has broadcast | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had broadcast |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will broadcast |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have broadcast |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am broadcasting |
| he, she, it | is broadcasting | |
| you, we, they | are broadcasting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was broadcasting |
| you, we, they | were broadcasting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been broadcasting |
| he, she, it | has been broadcasting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been broadcasting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be broadcasting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been broadcasting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Don't go broadcasting what I've told you all over the office.
- Radio WXLM broadcasts on 98.2 FM.
- The funeral was broadcast to the whole nation.
- The interview was broadcast Sunday on "Face the Nation."
- The whole race will be broadcast live from Monza.
- He will speak to radio shows that broadcast over a tin can and lengths of string.
- There they would force Khomeini to negotiate a deal and to broadcast it to the people.
Longman Language Activatorwhen a programme is broadcast on television or radio
if a programme is on , it is being broadcast and you can watch it on television or listen to it on the radio: · The Breakfast Show's on between 8 and 10 in the morning.· You shouldn't call him while the football's on.be on television/TV/the radio: · There's a good concert on the radio this evening.· What's on TV tonight?
if a television company shows a particular programme, it makes the programme available for people to watch: · Highlights of the game will be shown on Channel 5.· They're showing "Dangerous Liaisons" on Saturday night.· Should commercials be shown during children's programming?
if a television or radio company broadcasts a programme, they send it out so that people can watch it on television or listen to it on the radio: · The funeral was broadcast to the whole nation.· Radio WXLM broadcasts on 98.2 FM.be broadcast live (=when an event is shown at the same time that it is happening): · The whole race will be broadcast live from Monza.
to show a particular event, speech, discussion etc on television: · This year's championships are not going to be televised at all.· The mayor plans to televise council meetings on cable channels.· a nationally televised speech
to show a programme or film on television - used especially in newspapers or in the television industry: · "Border War" is to be screened by Channel Four later on in the week.· The film was under attack before it was even screened.
if a programme is on the air , it is being broadcast at that time, often at the same time that it is happening: · Someone called in while the programme was still on the air and identified the killer.· Winfrey revealed on the air that she had been sexually abused as a child.· The show was on the air for five years (=it was broadcast at a regular time for five years).
WORD SETSaerial, nounairtime, nounAM, nounantenna, nounatmospherics, nounaudio, adjectiveband, nounBBC, the, beacon, nounbeam, verbBeeb, the, bleep, verbboom, nounboom box, nounBritish Broadcasting Corporation, nounbroadband, nounbroadcast, nounbroadcast, verbcable television, CB, nounCCTV, nounCeefax, nounchannel, nounclosed circuit television, nouncommunications satellite, nouncontrast, noundial, nounDJ, nounexposure, nounflash, verbFM, nounfrequency, nounham, nounHz, interference, nounjam, verbkHz, kilohertz, nounlinkup, nounlive, adjectivelocal radio, nounlong wave, nounloudspeaker, nounLW, mast, nounmedium wave, nounmegahertz, nounMHz, modulate, verbmonitor, nounmono, nounmono, adjectiveNBC, nounnetwork, nounnetwork, verbon-air, adjectiveover, prepositionpresenter, nounprogramming, nounquadraphonic, adjectiveradio, nounradio, verbreceive, verbreceiver, nounreception, nounrepeat, verbrepeat, nounrerun, nounrerun, verbroger, interjectionsatellite, nounsatellite dish, nounsatellite television, nounsaturation, nounscrambler, nounseries, nounset, nounshipping forecast, nounship-to-shore, adjectiveshort wave, nounsignal, nounsignature tune, nounsimulcast, verbSOS, nounsound, nounsound bite, nounsound check, nounstatic, nountelecast, nounTeletext, nountelevise, verbtelevision, nountelevision licence, nountelly, nountime signal, nountrack, verbtransistor, nountransistor radio, nountransmission, nountransmit, verbtransmitter, nountune, verbtuner, nountweeter, nountwo-way, adjectiveUHF, noununscramble, verbveejay, nounvideo, nounvideo, adjectivevideo jockey, nounvolume, nounwaveband, nounwavelength, nounwhite noise, nounwireless, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The interview was broadcast live across Europe.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The ceremony will be broadcast live on television. a party political broadcast on television
1[intransitive, transitive] to send out radio or television programmes: The interview was broadcast live across Europe.· All the channels are broadcasting the match live.
British English (=a programme by a party saying why people should vote for them in an election)· a Conservative Party election broadcast
British English (=not owned or paid for by the government) independent television companies
independent television companies The ceremony will be broadcast live on television. a party political broadcast on television· All radio broadcasts continue to be closely monitored by the government.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· When these pictures were broadcast live across international television screens, it was obvious that the issue was misogyny, not theology.· With technology what it is, the promise was there for more live broadcast coverage than in the history of the Olympics.· The session started early and finished late, and was broadcast live on all cable news channels.
· Most of us are, at least in a hall that big, and on a nationally broadcast infomercial.
NOUN· The session started early and finished late, and was broadcast live on all cable news channels.
· The broadcasting of a pay channel requires the encryption or scrambling of the signal on emission and the unscrambling on reception.
· His radio broadcast on the same day contained no hint of criticism of the Allies.
· We will broadcast messages from the solar sail which will be relayed to the toys in local languages.· Soon afterwards, the radio broadcast a message from Eyadema himself, calling on the soldiers to return to barracks.· The problem of moving home would be solved by broadcasting a digitally signed message to the chips.
· A student-produced news program broadcasts once a week on a local cable channel.· Two studios down, some one from the Arabic service was reading news for broadcast to the Middle East.· Sally Jesse here and a White House news conference there, broadcast by C-SPAN in its interminable entirety.· But with the help of DeMoss, Promise Keepers has been featured in every major news magazine and nightly news broadcast.· Every night the news was broadcast on this station by Hanoi Hanna.
· The Natural Law Party, which is fielding 313 candidates, unveiled its long-awaited party election television broadcast last night.
· We all crowded in one, where a black-and-white television was broadcasting a programme in Urdu.
· Most other independent radio stations had either had their equipment destroyed or had broadcast music programmes and other safe material.· These features give continuity to broadcast programmes but this kind of continuity is not so important with classroom materials.· Applied to broadcast programmes, then, the public service principles were in the nature of flexible guidelines.
· At noon the radio broadcast a joint statement from Koffigoh and Eyadema, calling for discipline.· The group sponsors speeches, a radio broadcast and an Internet site.· His radio broadcast on the same day contained no hint of criticism of the Allies.· But it was difficult for us to follow as the radio station was broadcasting in Navajo.· Big howler RADIO Cleveland broadcast a warning that fireworks can frighten pets - accompanied by realistic sound effects that drove animals mad.· But at the same time, the technology that makes Internet radio broadcasts possible has been evolving quickly.· Soon afterwards, the radio broadcast a message from Eyadema himself, calling on the soldiers to return to barracks.· We have a number of radio personalities on public broadcasting who write books.
· The advent of satellite broadcasting began to break down those defences.· In general, geosynchronous satellites are designed to broadcast a wide beam to ensure the wide area coverage.
· A retraction would be broadcast when a new series of the programme begins in January.· Through its peerless network of contacts the firm obtained a pre-broadcast copy of the series.· The sound is broadcast outwards as a series of waves.
· Both shows will be broadcast next month.· He will speak to radio shows that broadcast over a tin can and lengths of string.· Strip shows would be broadcast from the building over the Internet.
· At noon the radio broadcast a joint statement from Koffigoh and Eyadema, calling for discipline.· They broadcast a statement reaffirming the army's support for the process of democratization and denouncing the delays in the electoral process.
· But it was difficult for us to follow as the radio station was broadcasting in Navajo.· Soon, stations that broadcast only on the Internet will be springing up.
· We all crowded in one, where a black-and-white television was broadcasting a programme in Urdu.· After his rescue, national television broadcast regular bulletins reporting on his progress.· The campy dramatics are presented in the style of a live television broadcast.· In which year was the first television broadcast from Alexandra Palace? 05.· But the growing medium of television broadcast something new to worry about in the 1950s.· This can best be seen in the case of television broadcasting.· The Natural Law Party, which is fielding 313 candidates, unveiled its long-awaited party election television broadcast last night.
VERB· Current contracts with production companies expire in September, when C4 plans to begin broadcasting the new output.· Commercial stations are required to begin broadcasting digitally May 1, 2002.· The orchestra also has begun a weekly broadcast on National Public Radio.
· Such material is generally impossible to check, and the only way to get a response may be to print or broadcast.
The interview was broadcast live across Europe.2[transitive] to tell something to a lot of people: Don’t broadcast the fact that he lost his job.- market day
- market-driven
- market economy
- marketeer
- marketeering
- market forces
- market garden
- market gardener
- marketing
- market leader
- market-led
- marketmaker
- marketplace
- market price
- market research
- market share
- market town
- market value
- marking
- markka
- Markova, Dame Alicia
- Mark, Saint
- Marks and Spencer
- marksman
- marksmanship