broadcast

Found in thesaurus: message, show, bare, air, publicize, publicise, sow, seed, sough

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broadcast

adj. sent to or over a broad area, transmitted, aired, announced, publicized

v. transmit over the radio or tv, etc.; publicize, advertise

n. transmission, dispatch, radio program

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Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a model. Broadcasting began with AM radio broadcasting which came into popular use starting with the invention of the crystal detector in 1906. Before this, all forms of electronic communication, radio, telephone, and telegraph, were "one-to-one", with the message intended for a single recipient. The term "broadcasting", borrowed from the agricultural method of sowing seeds in a field by casting them broadly about, was coined by either KDKA manager Frank Conrad or RCA historian George Clark around 1920 to distinguish this new activity of "one-to-many" communication; a single radio station transmitting to multiple listeners.

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broadcast

Noun
1. message that is transmitted by radio or television
(hypernym) message
(hyponym) radio broadcast
(derivation) air, send, beam, transmit
2. a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?"
(synonym) program, programme
(hypernym) show
(hyponym) sitcom
(derivation) air, send, beam, transmit

Verb
1. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song"
(synonym) air, send, beam, transmit
(hypernym) publicize, publicise, air, bare
(hyponym) satellite
(cause) air
(derivation) program, programme
(classification) broadcast medium, broadcasting
2. sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds"
(hypernym) sow, sough, seed
(derivation) broadcaster, spreader
(classification) farming, agriculture, husbandry
3. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
(synonym) circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
(hypernym) publicize, publicise, air, bare
(hyponym) sow, sough
(cause) go around, spread, circulate
(verb-group) go around, spread, circulate
(derivation) program, programme

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broadcast

v. vysílat

n. relace

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broadcast

Czas. transmitować; nadawać

Rzecz. nadawanie programów w radiu i/lub telewizji