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Word broadcast
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈbrɔːdkɑːst / NAmE / ˈbrɔːdkæst /
Example
  • a party political broadcast (= for example, before an election)
  • we watched a live broadcast of the speech (= one shown at the same time as the speech was made).
  • the president gave a radio broadcast to mark the end of the war.
  • there is pressure to cancel the network broadcast of the movie.
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broadcast

(noun)BrE / ˈbrɔːdkɑːst / NAmE / ˈbrɔːdkæst /
  1. a radio or television programme
    • a party political broadcast (= for example, before an election)
    • We watched a live broadcast of the speech (= one shown at the same time as the speech was made).

    Extra Examples

    • The president gave a radio broadcast to mark the end of the war.
    • There is pressure to cancel the network broadcast of the movie.
    • a broadcast by the president
    • a broadcast by the prime minister
    • a radio broadcast on the problems of unemployment
    • We watched a live broadcast of the speech.
    • a party political broadcast

    Word Origin

    • mid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘sown by scattering’): from broad + the past participle of cast ‘throw’. Senses relating to radio and television date from the early 20th cent.
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