Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   broad·cast

   /ˈbrôdˌkast/

   verb

   • 1. transmit (a program or some information) by radio or television: "the announcement was broadcast live" Similar transmitrelayairbeamsend/put output on the air/airwavesshowscreentelevisetelecastvideocastpodcastlive-stream
   • ▪ take part in a radio or television transmission: "the station broadcasts 24 hours a day"
   • ▪ tell (something) to many people; make widely known: "we don't want to broadcast our unhappiness to the world" Similar reportannouncepublicizepublishmake publicmake knownadvertiseproclaimdeclarespreadcirculateairpass arounddisseminatepromulgateblazontrumpetinformal:shout from the rooftops
   • 2. scatter (seeds) by hand or machine rather than placing in drills or rows. Similar scattersowdispersesprinklespreaddistributedisseminatestrewthrowtossflingliterary:bestrew

   noun

   • 1. a radio or television program or transmission: "the Queen's annual Christmas TV broadcast"

   adjective

   • 1. relating to radio or television transmission: "a broadcast journalist"

   adverb

   • 1. by scattering: "green manure can be sown broadcast or in rows"

   Word Origin 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.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • B

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • A

     1

   • D

     2

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points