Meaning of "broadcast" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF BROADCAST

ˈbrɔːdˌkɑːst

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BROADCAST

Broadcast is a verb and can also act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb broadcast in English.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES BROADCAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio or visual mass communications medium, but usually one using electromagnetic radiation. The receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset thereof. Broadcasting has been used for purposes of private recreation, non-commercial exchange of messages, experimentation, self-training, and emergency communication such as amateur radio and amateur television in addition to commercial purposes like popular radio or TV stations with advertisements.

Definition of broadcast in the English dictionary

The first definition of broadcast in the dictionary is to transmit on radio or television. Other definition of broadcast is to take part in a radio or television programme. Broadcast is also to make widely known throughout an area.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BROADCAST

PRESENT

Present

I broadcast

you broadcast

he/she/it broadcasts

we broadcast

you broadcast

they broadcast

Present continuous

I am broadcasting

you are broadcasting

he/she/it is broadcasting

we are broadcasting

you are broadcasting

they are broadcasting

Present perfect

I have broadcast

you have broadcast

he/she/it has broadcast

we have broadcast

you have broadcast

they have broadcast

Present perfect continuous

I have been broadcasting

you have been broadcasting

he/she/it has been broadcasting

we have been broadcasting

you have been broadcasting

they have been broadcasting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I broadcast

you broadcast

he/she/it broadcast

we broadcast

you broadcast

they broadcast

Past continuous

I was broadcasting

you were broadcasting

he/she/it was broadcasting

we were broadcasting

you were broadcasting

they were broadcasting

Past perfect

I had broadcast

you had broadcast

he/she/it had broadcast

we had broadcast

you had broadcast

they had broadcast

Past perfect continuous

I had been broadcasting

you had been broadcasting

he/she/it had been broadcasting

we had been broadcasting

you had been broadcasting

they had been broadcasting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will broadcast

you will broadcast

he/she/it will broadcast

we will broadcast

you will broadcast

they will broadcast

Future continuous

I will be broadcasting

you will be broadcasting

he/she/it will be broadcasting

we will be broadcasting

you will be broadcasting

they will be broadcasting

Future perfect

I will have broadcast

you will have broadcast

he/she/it will have broadcast

we will have broadcast

you will have broadcast

they will have broadcast

Future perfect continuous

I will have been broadcasting

you will have been broadcasting

he/she/it will have been broadcasting

we will have been broadcasting

you will have been broadcasting

they will have been broadcasting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would broadcast

you would broadcast

he/she/it would broadcast

we would broadcast

you would broadcast

they would broadcast

Conditional continuous

I would be broadcasting

you would be broadcasting

he/she/it would be broadcasting

we would be broadcasting

you would be broadcasting

they would be broadcasting

Conditional perfect

I would have broadcast

you would have broadcast

he/she/it would have broadcast

we would have broadcast

you would have broadcast

they would have broadcast

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been broadcasting

you would have been broadcasting

he/she/it would have been broadcasting

we would have been broadcasting

you would have been broadcasting

they would have been broadcasting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you broadcast
we let´s broadcast
you broadcast

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to broadcast

Past participle

broadcast

Present Participle

broadcasting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BROADCAST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «broadcast» and belong to the same grammatical category.

advertise · air · announce · beam · cable · circulate · disseminate · mobcast · open-line · podcast · proclaim · programme · promulgate · publish · radio · relay · report · send · shout from the rooftops · show · spread · stream · telecast · televise · transmission · transmit · vodcast · webcast

TRANSLATION OF BROADCAST

Find out the translation of broadcast to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of broadcast from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «broadcast» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 广播
• Translator English - Spanish: emisión
• English: broadcast
• Translator English - Hindi: प्रसारण
• Translator English - Arabic: إذاعَة
• Translator English - Russian: трансляция
• Translator English - Portuguese: transmissão
• Translator English - Bengali: ব্রডকাস্ট
• Translator English - French: émission
• Translator English - Malay: Siaran
• Translator English - German: Übertragung
• Translator English - Japanese: 放送
• Translator English - Korean: 방송
• Translator English - Javanese: Siaran
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chương trình phát sóng
• Translator English - Tamil: ஒளிபரப்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: प्रसारित
• Translator English - Turkish: yayın yapmak
• Translator English - Italian: trasmissione
• Translator English - Polish: transmisja
• Translator English - Ukrainian: передача
• Translator English - Romanian: difuzare
• Translator English - Greek: εκπομπή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: uitgesaai
• Translator English - Swedish: sändning
• Translator English - Norwegian: kringkasting

10 QUOTES WITH «BROADCAST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word broadcast.

1

Mackenzie Astin

If I couldn't broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people.

2

Matthew Barney

A lot of these angles are really about trying to mimic broadcast sports angles in order to anchor the scene, to sort of normalize it before it becomes abstracted.

3

Martin Bashir

It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it.

4

Lowell Bergman

What has been adjudicated and established in the wake of Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement is the ability of the press to basically write or broadcast almost anything about the government. There's very few restrictions in that way.

5

Joan Blades

Moveon is not a one-way broadcast media. The Internet, when used best, is a two-way media. We have a forum in which people can post comments and those comments can be rated. We get a sense of what people feel most passionately about.

6

Ben Bradlee

The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.

7

Ben Bradlee

They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum.

8

Tom Brokaw

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph.

9

Dave Brubeck

The first choral music I remember hearing was Handel's 'Messiah' when the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast it over the radio.

10

Mark Burnett

The world is changing, and the Internet is about to become the next broadcast network.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROADCAST»

Discover the use of broadcast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to broadcast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Broadcast Engineer's Reference Book

This global work will become your number one resource whether you are from an audio, video, communications or computing background.

Edwin Paul J. Tozer, 2004

Broadcast Television: A Complete Guide to the Industry

Textbook

Walter McDowell, 2006

Broadcast Talk

This volume demonstrates the relevance of talk and its analysis to understanding the communicative process in television and radio.

Paddy Scannell, 1991

Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases ...

The purpose of this book is to examine systematically, how these differences in access and form of media affect political behaviour.

Markus Prior, 2007

After Broadcast News: Media Regimes, Democracy, and the New ...

After Broadcast News puts this challenge into historical context, arguing that it is the latest of several critical moments, driven by economic, political, cultural and technological changes, in which the relationship among citizens, ...

Bruce A. Williams, Michael X. Delli Carpini, 2011

Broadcast Journalism: Techniques of Radio and Television News

Top UK Broadcast Journalism completely updated!

Andrew Boyd, Peter Stewart, Ray Alexander, 2008

Broadcast Announcing Worktext: A Media Performance Guide

This third edition will give you knowledge of other non-traditional forms of announcing, such as online radio announcing, podcast announcing, and other forms of online announcing, such as online shows, clips, and news. * New coverage of ...

Alan R. Stephenson, David E. Reese, Mary E. Beadle, 2013

The Broadcast Journalism Handbook: A Television News ...

In this guide, working journalists show the reality of how a television newsroom works.

Robert Thompson, Cindy Malone, 2004

Now the News: The Story of Broadcast Journalism

-- Walter Cronkite From the wireless reporting of a yacht race in 1898 to satellite feeds in the Persian Gulf, from the Hindenburg disaster to the Civil Rights movement, from Nixon's war on the networks to the responsibility of broadcasters ...

Edward Bliss, Jr., 2013

The Radio Station: Broadcast, Satellite & Internet

This is the cornerstone text on the inside workings of how radio station operations.

Michael C. Keith, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BROADCAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term broadcast is used in the context of the following news items.

Sony to broadcast India-Sri Lanka Test series

Colombo, July 7: Sony has bagged the broadcast rights for next month's India-Sri Lanka Test series by paying a whopping USD 3.25 million to ... «Oneindia, Jul 15»

Van to broadcast British fugitives' faces

A van bearing the faces of some of Britain's most wanted fugitives will be driven around parts of Spain popular with expats in a bid to bring the ... «ITV News, Jul 15»

Deontay Wilder's next fight will air on national broadcast network

The fight will be on NBC, AL.com has confirmed, and will be broadcast in Birmingham on WVTM as part of its primetime programming on NBC's ... «AL.com, Jul 15»

'Broadcast Hysteria' Revisits When a Pop Culture Event Went Wildly …

A disclaimer was aired 40 minutes into the broadcast, but by then it was all but too late. People had called their loved ones to warn them of the ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»

Opening ceremony broadcast party to be held Friday at Nathan …

Nathan Phillips Square will stage a free, live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games on Friday. Canadian Idol ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»

BBC to broadcast live from Great Yorkshire Show

The One Show is to be broadcast live from the Great Yorkshire Show this year. BBC's popular evening hour-long weekday programme will be ... «Horse & Hound, Jul 15»

Radio 4 broadcast from First Lisburn

On Sunday June 28 BBC Radio 4 came to Lisburn to broadcast from one ... The popular Sunday Worship show broadcast live from First Lisburn ... «Ulster Star, Jul 15»

WATCH: Greek Upstart Steals Bloomberg Reporter's Mic During …

But tell that to Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal, who had his microphone stolen during a live broadcast Monday, probably by someone who retired ... «Mediaite, Jul 15»

Amazon's Audible to broadcast five pilot shows in search for the next …

The format used by Audible - which is owned by Amazon - is similar to the shopping site's Instant Video commissioning for TV series. «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»

NBC scores big in first NASCAR broadcast since 2006

Talk about baptism under fire: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400, NBC's first NASCAR Sprint Cup broadcast since 2006, finally signed off ... «Motorsport.com, Jul 15»