► television/TV noun [countable, uncountable] the piece of electronic equipment shaped like a box on which you can watch programmes, or the programmes that are broadcast using this. In everyday English, people usually say TV: · Sometimes I don’t feel like doing anything except watching television.· A lot of people use the Internet for watching TV.· Can you turn on the television?· the TV Guide in the newspaper· There’s nothing good on the TV.· Our TV set (=television)isn’t working properly.
► the box/the telly British English (also the tube American English) noun [singular] informal a television, or the programmes that are broadcast on television: · Can you turn the telly down a bit?· What’s on the box tonight?· There’s nothing good on the tube.
► satellite television (also satellite TV) noun [uncountable] television programmes that are broadcast using satellites in space, and which you need a special piece of equipment to be able to watch: · Do you have satellite TV at home?· You can watch the game on satellite television.· a satellite dish (=the round thing that you put on your roof or the wall of your house in order to receive satellite television signals)
► terrestrial television television that is not broadcast by satellite or cable: · The company has secured the rights to broadcast the Championship on terrestrial television.
► cable television (also cable TV, cable) noun [uncountable] television programmes that are broadcast by cable (=tubes containing wires that carry television pictures): · The program was first shown on cable.
► digital television (also digital TV, digital) noun [uncountable] programmes that are broadcast using digital signals, with more choice and better quality pictures than ordinary television: · The switchover to digital TV will take place between 2010 and 2012.
► widescreen television (also widescreen TV) noun [countable] a television that is much wider than it is high, and wider than an ordinary television. Widescreen televisions are used for programmes that are broadcast using digital signals: · There was a massive widescreen TV in the living room.· Widescreen TV is good for watching films.