Standard Lemma guide
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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Retransmission; a repeated or relayed broadcast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To broadcast again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a broadcast that repeated at a later time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: broadcast
verb
broadcast again, as of a film
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rerun
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit
History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bher-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast English rebroadcast From re- + broadcast.
Across languages
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
