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televise

verb · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɛləvaɪz/
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  • CMU ARPABET: T EH1 L AH0 V AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To broadcast, or be broadcast, by television.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was one of the first major events to be televised.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

broadcast via television

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The Royal wedding was televised

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: telecast

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit

Narrower terms: colorcast

History

Etymology

Back-formation from television.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَلْفَزَ (talfaza) — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Catalan: televisar — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電視播放 /电视播放 (diànshì bòfàng) — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廣播 /广播 (guǎngbō) — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉播 /转播 (zhuǎnbò) — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Finnish: televisioida — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • French: téléviser — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • German: durch Fernsehsender übertragen — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Japanese: 放映する (hōei suru) — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Korean: 방영하다 (bang'yeong-hada) — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Norman: téléviser — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Portuguese: televisar — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Russian: пока́зывать по телеви́дению (pokázyvatʹ po televídeniju) — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Russian: передава́ть по телеви́дению (peredavátʹ po televídeniju) — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Russian: трансли́ровать (translírovatʹ) — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Spanish: televisar — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
  • Swedish: televisera — broadcast, or be broadcast, by television