Definitions for broadcast
ˈbrɔdˌkæst, -ˌkɑstbroad·cast

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. broadcast(noun)

   message that is transmitted by radio or television

2. broadcast, program, programme(verb)

   a radio or television show

   "did you see his program last night?"

3. air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit(verb)

   broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

   "We cannot air this X-rated song"

4. broadcast(verb)

   sow over a wide area, especially by hand

   "broadcast seeds"

5. circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around(verb)

   cause to become widely known

   "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. broadcast(Noun)

   A transmission of a radio or television programme aired to be received by anyone with a receiver.

   Etymology: broad + cast

2. broadcast(Noun)

   A programme (show, bulletin, documentary ...) so transmitted.

   Etymology: broad + cast

3. broadcast(Noun)

   The act of scattering seed.

   Etymology: broad + cast

4. broadcast(Verb)

   To transmit a message or signal via radio waves or electronic means

   Etymology: broad + cast

5. broadcast(Verb)

   To transmit a message over a wide area

   Etymology: broad + cast

6. broadcast(Verb)

   To appear as speaker, presenter or performer in a broadcast program

   Etymology: broad + cast

7. broadcast(Verb)

   To sow seeds over a wide area

   Etymology: broad + cast

8. broadcast(Verb)

   To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people

   Etymology: broad + cast

9. broadcast(Adjective)

   cast or scattered widely, in all directions

   Etymology: broad + cast

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Broadcast(noun)

   a casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing

2. Broadcast(adj)

   cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused

3. Broadcast(adj)

   scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows

4. Broadcast(adverb)

   so as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Broadcast

   Broadcast are an indie electronic band, founded in Birmingham, England. Original members were Trish Keenan, Roj Stevens, Tim Felton and James Cargill. Various drummers played with the band, including Keith York, Phil Jenkins, Jeremy Barnes, Steve Perkins, and Neil Bullock. As of 2005, the group consisted of Keenan and Cargill, Felton having departed to form a new project, Seeland, with Billy Bainbridge, formerly of another Birmingham Warp act, Plone. After the 2011 death of Trish Keenan, Cargill remains the only member.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. broadcast

   To transmit and communicate.

   The radio and television are a form of broadcast.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2020  

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1. broadcast

   Song lyrics by broadcast -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by broadcast on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'broadcast' in Nouns Frequency: #2650

How to pronounce broadcast?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say broadcast in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of broadcast in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of broadcast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of broadcast in a Sentence

1. Lister Staveley-Smith:

   Hundreds of new galaxies were discovered, using the same telescope that was used to broadcast the TV pictures from Apollo 11, the electronic technology at the back end is substantially different and that is why we can still keep using these old telescopes.

2. The BBC:

   No one else has been suspended. Top Gear will not be broadcast this Sunday.

3. W. Somerset Maugham:

   My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.

4. Justice Minister Masako Mori:

   I decided to do this because defendant Ghosn was looking to justify his unlawful exit from Japan by propagating a false recognition of our justice system, i felt that we needed to respond immediately to broadcast a correct understanding to people around the world.

5. Tara McGowan:

   Too many candidates and party committees still today lean way too closely to outdated assumptions of how to win elections and lean on a very old, outdated model, you don't pick a very small, targeted group of people and meet them one-on-one or over broadcast television and move the needle just enough to win.

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