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broadcasting

adj · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈbɹɔdkæstɪŋ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: B R AO1 D K AE2 S T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Sending in all directions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The business or profession of radio and television.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business

Examples

  • Broadcasting can be a lucrative field, but very few people end up on the air.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act by which something is broadcast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • frequent broadcastings of the same old material

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The act of spreading seeds over a wide area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of broadcast

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

Examples

  • This radio station is broadcasting at a frequency of 104 MHz.
  • We sowed the seeds, broadcasting with a rotary spreader.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a medium that disseminates via telecommunications

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: broadcast medium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medium, mass medium

7

noun

Meaning 7

taking part in a radio or tv program

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: telecommunication, telecom

Narrower terms: Rediffusion, radio, radiocommunication, wireless, television, telecasting, TV, video, reception

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: uitsaai — business or profession of radio and television
  • Arabic: إِذَاعَة (ʔiḏāʕa) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Azerbaijani: veriliş — business or profession of radio and television
  • Azerbaijani: ötürmə — business or profession of radio and television
  • Belarusian: вяшча́нне (vjaščánnje) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Bengali: সম্প্রচার (śomprocar) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Bulgarian: преда́ване (predávane) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Catalan: radiodifusió — business or profession of radio and television
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廣播 /广播 (guǎngbò) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Czech: vysílání — business or profession of radio and television
  • Danish: udsendelse — business or profession of radio and television
  • Danish: sending — business or profession of radio and television
  • Estonian: ülekanne — business or profession of radio and television
  • Estonian: ringhääling — business or profession of radio and television
  • Finnish: lähetystoiminta — business or profession of radio and television
  • French: radiodiffusion — business or profession of radio and television
  • French: émission — business or profession of radio and television
  • French: diffusion — business or profession of radio and television
  • German: Rundfunk — business or profession of radio and television
  • German: Sendung — business or profession of radio and television
  • German: Übertragung — business or profession of radio and television
  • Hindi: प्रसारण (prasāraṇ) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Italian: trasmissione — business or profession of radio and television
  • Italian: radiodiffusione — business or profession of radio and television
  • Japanese: 放送 (hōsō) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Korean: 방송 (bangsong) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Latvian: pārraide — business or profession of radio and television
  • Lithuanian: transliavimas — business or profession of radio and television
  • Macedonian: емитување (emituvanje) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Macedonian: радиодифузија (radiodifuzija) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Malay: penyiaran — business or profession of radio and television
  • Norwegian: kringkasting — business or profession of radio and television
  • Norwegian: rikskringkasting — business or profession of radio and television
  • Polish: nadawanie — business or profession of radio and television
  • Portuguese: transmissão — business or profession of radio and television
  • Romanian: difuzare — business or profession of radio and television
  • Russian: веща́ние (veščánije) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Serbo-Croatian: емитовање — business or profession of radio and television
  • Serbo-Croatian: емѝсија — business or profession of radio and television
  • Serbo-Croatian: дѝфӯзија — business or profession of radio and television
  • Serbo-Croatian: emitovanje — business or profession of radio and television
  • Serbo-Croatian: emìsija — business or profession of radio and television
  • Serbo-Croatian: dìfūzija — business or profession of radio and television
  • Slovak: vysielanie — business or profession of radio and television
  • Slovene: oddajanje — business or profession of radio and television
  • Spanish: retransmisión — business or profession of radio and television
  • Spanish: emisión — business or profession of radio and television
  • Spanish: radiodifusión — business or profession of radio and television
  • Swedish: sändning — business or profession of radio and television
  • Tamil: ஒலிபரப்பு (oliparappu) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Turkish: yayım — business or profession of radio and television
  • Turkish: yayın — business or profession of radio and television
  • Ukrainian: мо́влення (móvlennja) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Ukrainian: віща́ння (viščánnja) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Urdu: نَشْرِیّات (naśriyyāt) — business or profession of radio and television
  • Uzbek: eshittirish — business or profession of radio and television
  • Finnish: lähetys — act by which something is broadcast
  • Finnish: hajakylvö — act of spreading seeds over a wide area
Real reading context

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