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There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment possibilities than the television set.
Harriet Van Horne

Meaning of "television set" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TELEVISION SET

television set  [ˌtɛlɪˈvɪʒən sɛt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TELEVISION SET

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preposition
conjunction
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Television set is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES TELEVISION SET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

television set

Television set

A television set, also called a television receiver, television, TV set, TV, or "telly", is a device that combines a tuner, display, and speakers for the purpose of viewing television. Television sets became a popular consumer product after World War II, using vacuum tubes and cathode ray tube displays. The addition of color to broadcast television after 1953 further increased the popularity of television sets, and an outdoor antenna became a common feature of suburban homes. The ubiquitous television set became the display device for the first recorded media in the 1970s and 1980s, such as videotape and laserdisc movies. It was also the display device for the first generation of home computers and video game consoles in the 1980s. In 2014, flat panel television sets incorporate liquid-crystal, plasma, or LED flat-screen displays, solid-state circuits, microprocessor controls and can interface with a variety of video signal sources, allowing the...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TELEVISION SET


asset
ˈæsɛt
beset
bɪˈsɛt
cassette
kæˈsɛt
chipset
ˈtʃɪpsɛt
handset
ˈhændˌsɛt
headset
ˈhɛdˌsɛt
inset
ɪnˈsɛt
jet-set
ˈdʒɛtsɛt
moonset
ˈmuːnˌsɛt
offset
ˈɒfˌsɛt
onset
ˈɒnˌsɛt
outset
ˈaʊtˌsɛt
photoset
ˈfəʊtəʊˌsɛt
preset
prɪˈsɛt
reset
riːˈsɛt
set
sɛt
sett
sɛt
subset
ˈsʌbˌsɛt
sunset
ˈsʌnˌsɛt
upset
ʌpˈsɛt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TELEVISION SET

television
television broadcast
television cabinet
television company
television evangelist
television film
television licence
television licence fee
television lounge
television programme
television rights
television room
television screen
television tube
televisional
televisionally
televisionary
televisor
televisual
televisually

WORDS THAT END LIKE TELEVISION SET

battery set
box set
boxed set
character set
companion set
data set
dead set
drum set
flash set
generating set
jet set
nail set
open set
smart set
socket set
solution set
starter set
tea set
train set
universal set

Synonyms and antonyms of television set in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «television set» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TELEVISION SET

Find out the translation of television set to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of television set from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «television set» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

电视机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aparato de televisión
570 millions of speakers

English

television set
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टीवी सेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التلفزيون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

телевизор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aparelho de televisão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টেলিভিশন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

téléviseur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

set televisyen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fernsehgerät
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テレビ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

텔레비전 세트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pesawat televisi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

TV
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொலைக்காட்சிப்பெட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दूरदर्शन संच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

televizyon seti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

televisore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

telewizor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

телевізор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

televizor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τηλεόραση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

TV-stel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

TV
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

TV-apparatet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of television set

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TELEVISION SET»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TELEVISION SET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about television set

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10 QUOTES WITH «TELEVISION SET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word television set.
1
Harold Brodkey
Almost the first thing I did when I became ill was to buy a truly good television set.
2
Warren Ellis
If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
3
Ben Feldman
Usually, if I'm yelling at the TV, I'm in a bar. If I'm by myself, and it's not a game, I often find myself scolding reality stars that can't hear me through the television set.
4
Martin Frost
Every day I turn on my television set and I see Newt Gingrich on television, I rejoice.
5
Harriet Van Horne
There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment possibilities than the television set.
6
Hugh Newell Jacobsen
Washington is the only city in the world where you can go to a black-tie dinner and there at the foot of the table is a television set up to catch a press conference.
7
John Lennon
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
8
Leslie Moonves
We think wireless is going to grow tremendously. Do I think people are going to watch an episode of 'Survivor' on a 2-inch television set? I doubt it. But I do think somebody's going to go to a grocery store in the middle of a football game and watch that game.
9
Mark Mothersbaugh
My favorite films, I would put my answering machine up to the television set and hit record. I'd tape my favorite movies and then I could go back and listen to them again. I only had the soundtrack, I didn't have the visuals. But I think it made me really pay attention to the soundtracks.
10
Jesse Schell
New video gaming systems are coming out that track every joint of your body. It's basically going to become a normal thing for us to allow Microsoft to put a three-dimensional camera on top of your television set looking at you, which sounds like a Big Brother scenario if ever I heard one, but, still, it's what we're going to allow.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TELEVISION SET»

Discover the use of television set in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to television set and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reading Television
Reading Television was the first book to push the boundaries of television studies beyond the insights offered by cultural studies and textual analysis, creating a vibrant new field of study.
John Fiske, 2003
2
Sound for Film and Television
This new edition has been completely updated to reflect the latest advances in HD technology, new hardware and software systems, new distribution methods, wireless sound capture, and more.
Tomlinson Holman, 2012
3
Below the Line: Producers and Production Studies in the New ...
Considers the work of television set assemblers, soft-core cameramen, reality-program casters, and public-access and cable commissioners in relation to the globalized economy of the television industry
Vicki Mayer, 2011
4
Encyclopedia of Television 4 Vol Set
In part as a result of these available channels, a television set has become a priority for any young Egyptian couple getting married. Most prefer buying a television set to purchasing other important things for the house. A color TV set is  ...
Horace Newcomb, 2014
5
Power and Television in Latin America: The Dominican Case
The people sit in front of the television set every day even if they do not have any specific program to watch. The interviewees spend an average of four hours a day watching television. The members of the middle and lower classes particularly ...
Antonio V. Menéndez Alarcón, 1992
6
Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar ...
As the television set moved into the center of family life, other household fixtures traditionally associated with domestic bliss had to make room for it. Typically, the magazines presented the television set as the new family hearth through which ...
Lynn Spigel, 2013
7
The Age of Television: Experiences and Theories
In those same years, two-thirds of American families already possessed their own television set, but for the most part 'television was mainly exhibited in public establishments such as taverns, department stores, and even on buses' (Spigel ...
Milly Buonanno, 2008
8
Mass Mediauras: Form, Technics, Media
... to ignore the question of the specificity of the medium: first, Stanley Cavell's 1982 essay. 'The Fact of Television', in Video Culture: A Critical 1 (cont.) Investigation, 1986; second. Jane Feuer's 'The Concept of Television: Set and Screen.
Samuel Weber, Alan Cholodenko, 1996
9
Two in a Bed: The Social System of Couple Bed Sharing
A Bedroom Television Set The majority of the couples I interviewed had a bedroom television set. For some couples, television watching at bedtime was not a problem.They either had similar values and standards regarding television watching ...
Paul C. Rosenblatt, 2012
10
Channels of Discourse, Reassembled: Television and ...
The collection also addresses the qualities of popular television that traditional aesthetics and quantitative media research have failed to treat satisfactorily, including its seriality, mass production, and extraordinary popularity.
Robert C. Allen, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TELEVISION SET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term television set is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why Apple Just Wasn't Feeling It For The TV Set
Thanks to the Wall Street Journal, we now know that Apple really was working on its own television set before it ditched the idea over a year ago. The project got ... «ReadWrite, May 15»
2
You Can Stop Waiting For That Apple Television Set Now
In his biography, Steve Jobs revealed the company was secretly working on a brand new Apple television set that would revolutionize how we watch TV. «/FILM, May 15»
3
Apple Nixed Plans for Apple-Branded Television Set 'More Than a …
Apple shelved plans to introduce a full-blown television set more than a year ago reports The Wall Street Journal, citing sources with knowledge of Apple's plans ... «Mac Rumors, May 15»
4
Bloomberg Television set to launch Canadian channel this spring
Bloomberg Television, the U.S.-based international business cable channel, is set to launch in Canada this spring, sources confirmed to the Financial Post, with ... «Financial Post, Feb 15»
5
Piper Jaffray sees a revamped Apple TV set-top box being core of …
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who has long clamored for an Apple television set, said on Thursday that he believes a revamped Apple TV set-top box ... «Apple Insider, Feb 15»
6
Gene Munster Still Believes in the Apple Television Set, Thinks 2016 …
After numerous failed attempts at predicting Apple's first foray into television sets, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has not yet given up hope that the company ... «Mac Rumors, Dec 14»
7
That Apple TV set: Wait till ... the year after next year?
In an investor note released late Tuesday, analyst Gene Munster returned to his mantra of an Apple television set. The analyst has been forecasting such a ... «CNET, Sep 14»
8
Tyra Banks Is Heading Back To Your Television Set For ANOTHER …
The America's Next Top Model host has teamed up with Disney-ABC Television and is set to launch a new talk show in 2015! This time, the model won't be ... «PerezHilton.com, May 14»
9
Apple Television Set Not Expected Until 2015 or Later, But A7 Apple …
Confirming earlier reports suggesting the long-rumored Apple television set is taking a backseat to other Apple projects, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo ... «Mac Rumors, Nov 13»
10
Analyst Says Apple Will Launch A 65-Inch Television Set With …
Apple plans to launch two television sets with 55 and 65-inch screens in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to analysts at Advanced Research Japan Co., ... «Business Insider, Oct 13»

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