broadcast

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English

Pronunciation

• UK: IPA: /ˈbrɔːdkɑːst/, IPA: /ˈbrɔːdkæst/
• US: IPA: /ˈbɹɔdkæst/, X-SAMPA: /"brOdk{st/

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Etymology

broad + cast

Adjective

broadcast (comparative more broadcast, superlative most broadcast)

1. cast or scattered widely, in all directions

Synonyms

• widespread

Antonyms

• narrowcast

Translations

• Dutch: wijdverspreid (nl)

Noun

broadcast (plural broadcasts)

1. A transmission of a radio or television programme aired to be received by anyone with a receiver.
2. A programme (show, bulletin, documentary ...) so transmitted.
3. (dated) The act of scattering seed.

Antonyms

• narrowcast

Translations

a radio or TV transmission on air

• Afrikaans: uitsaai (af), uitsending (af)
• Arabic: تلفزة (ar) (talfaza) f, إذاعة (ar) ('idhaa3a) f
• Baluchi: شنگ (šing)
• Bulgarian: радиопредаване (bg) (radiopredavane) n
• Catalan: emissió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廣播 (cmn), 广播 (cmn) (guǎngbō)

• Czech: vysílání (cs)
• Dutch: transmissie (nl), uitzenden (nl) n, uitzending (nl)
• Finnish: lähetys (fi)
• French: émission (fr) f
• German: Sendung (de) f, Übertragung (de) f, Ausstrahlung (de) f, Rundfunk (de) m
• Greek: εκπομπή (el) (ekpompí) f, μετάδοση (el) (metàdosi) f

• Hebrew: שידור (he) (shidúr) m
• Hungarian: adás (hu)
• Japanese: 放送 (ja) (ほうそう, hōsō)
• Korean: 방송 (ko) (bangsong) (放送 (ko))
• Malay: siaran (ms)
• Norwegian: kringkasting (no) m and f, utsending (no) m and f
• Romanian: difuzare (ro) f, transmisiune (ro) f
• Russian: передача (ru) (peredáča) f, трансляция (ru) (transljácija) f, вещание (ru) (veščánije) n
• Spanish: emisión (es) f
• Swedish: utsändning (sv) c
• Welsh: darllediad (cy) m

a program transmitted

• Dutch: uitzending (nl)
• Finnish: lähetys (fi)
• Greek: εκπομπή (el) (ekpompí) f, μετάδοση (el) (metàdosi) f, πρόγραμμα (el) (prógramma) n
• Hebrew: שידור (he) (shidúr) m
• Hungarian: adás (hu)
• Malay: siaran (ms)

• Norwegian: program (no) n, utsending (no) m and f
• Polish: audycja (pl) f
• Romanian: emisiune (ro) f
• Russian: передача (ru) (p'er'edáča) f, программа (ru) (prográmma) f
• Spanish: programa (es) m
• Swedish: program (sv) n, sändning (sv) c

scattering seed

• Dutch: zaaien (nl) n

• Greek: σπορά (el) (sporá) f

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: trasmissione (it)

• Portuguese: transmissão (pt) f
• Telugu: ప్రసారము (te) (prasaaramu), ప్రసారాలు (te) (prasaaraalu) pl

Verb

broadcast (third-person singular simple present broadcasts, present participle broadcasting, simple past and past participle broadcast or broadcasted)

1. To transmit a message or signal via radio waves or electronic means
2. To transmit a message over a wide area
3. To appear as speaker, presenter or performer in a broadcast program
4. (archaic) To sow seeds over a wide area
5. To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people
6. simple past tense and past participle of broadcast

Synonyms

• air

Antonyms

• narrowcast

Translations

to transmit a message or signal via radio waves or electronic means

• Arabic: أذاع (ar) ('adhaa3a)
• Bulgarian: предавам по радиото (bg) (predavam po radioto)
• Catalan: emetre (ca), transmetre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廣播 (cmn), 广播 (cmn) (guǎngbō), 播報 (cmn), 播报 (cmn) (bōbào)

• Czech: vysílat (cs)
• Dutch: uitzenden (nl), omroepen (nl)
• Esperanto: elsendi (eo)
• Finnish: lähettää (fi)
• French: diffuser (fr), radiodiffuser (fr)
• German: senden (de), verbreiten (de)
• Greek: εκπέμπω (el) (ekpémpo), μεταδίδω (el) (metadído)

• Hebrew: שידר (he) (shidér)
• Hungarian: sugároz (hu)
• Japanese: 放送する (ja) (ほうそうする, hōsō-suru)
• Korean: 방송하다 (ko) (bangsong-hada)
• Lojban: (TV) tivni (jbo)
• Malay: siarkan (ms)
• Maori: whakapaoho (mi)
• Norwegian: kringkaste (no), sende ut (no)
• Romanian: difuza (ro), emite (ro)
• Russian: вещать (ru) (veščát'), передавать (ru) (peredavát'), транслировать (ru) (translírovat')
• Scottish Gaelic: craol (gd)
• Slovak: vysielať (sk)
• Swedish: sända ut (sv), utsända (sv)
• Welsh: darlledu (cy)

to transmit a message over a wide area

• Bulgarian: разпространявам (bg) (razprostranjavam)

to appear as speaker, presenter or performer in a broadcast program

• Dutch: omroepen (nl) (excludes performer)
• Greek: παρουσιάζω (el) (parousiázo)

• Romanian: prezenta (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: craol (gd)

to sow seeds over a wide area

• Bulgarian: хвърлям семена (bg) (hvǎrljam semena)
• Dutch: uitzaaien (nl)

• Greek: σπέρνω (el) (spérno)
• Hungarian: vet (hu)

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Translations to be checked

• Ido: brodkastar (io)
• Indonesian: siar (id), menyiarkan (id)
• Italian: trasmettere (it)

• Portuguese: transmitir (pt)
• Telugu: ప్రసారంచేయు (te) (prasaaramcheyu)
• Welsh: darlledu (cy)

Related terms

• broadcaster
• broadcasting
• vodcast

References

• broadcast in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• broadcast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913