Channel ˈtʃænl News Extra Examples Water Radio System

• a television/tv channel
• cable/digital/satellite channels
• a news channel
• a music/sports/movie channel

channel

1. a television station
• SEE ALSO pay channel
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pay-channel
• a television/TV channel
• cable/digital/satellite channels
• a news channel
• a music/sports/movie channel
• to change/switch channels
• What's on Channel 4 tonight?

Extra Examples

• I changed channels when the news came on.
• Last year, the company launched its own TV channel.
• Lily surfed the channels on the television.
• There's an interesting documentary on Channel 4 tonight.
• This channel broadcasts 24 hours a day.
2. a band of radio waves used for making television or radio broadcasts
• radio channels
• terrestrial/satellite channels
3. a method or system that people use to get information, to communicate, or to send something somewhere
• SEE ALSO blue channel
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/the-blue-channel
• Complaints must be made through the proper channels.
• The newsletter is a useful channel of communication between teacher and students.
• The company has worldwide distribution channels.
• Steps are being taken to implement a ceasefire through diplomatic channels.

Extra Examples

• If you want a visa, you will have to go through the proper channels.
• Journalists always have indirect channels for getting information.
• She first tried to get a doctor's certificate through official channels.
• The government hopes to settle the dispute through diplomatic channels.
• an effective channel for communication
• attempts to open up new channels of communication
4. a means by which data is communicated and exchanged between elements of a computer system or other system
• an audio channel
5. a way of expressing ideas and feelings
• The campaign provided a channel for protest against the war.
• Music is a great channel for releasing your emotions.
6. a passage that water can flow along, especially in the ground, on the bottom of a river, etc.
• drainage channels in the rice fields

Extra Examples

• A channel is being dug to divert the river.
• The drainage channels had survived since the Roman occupation.
• Irrigation channels supply the crops with water.
• The estate has fountains and water channels.
7. a deep passage of water in a river or near the coast that can be used as route for ships
8. a passage of water that connects two areas of water, especially two seas
• the Bristol Channel
9. the area of sea between England and France, also known as the English Channel
• SEE ALSO the English Channel
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/the-english-channel
• the Channel Tunnel
• cross-Channel ferries
• news from across the Channel (= from France)

Extra Examples

• We crossed the Channel in stormy weather.
• The government is watching economic developments across the Channel with great interest.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French chanel, from Latin canalis ‘pipe, groove, channel’, from canna ‘reed’ from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin. Compare with canal.