BROADCAST

broadcast

(noun) message that is transmitted by radio or television

broadcast, program, programme

(noun) a radio or television show; “did you see his program last night?”

circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

(verb) cause to become widely known; “spread information”; “circulate a rumor”; “broadcast the news”

air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit

(verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; “We cannot air this X-rated song”

broadcast

(verb) sow over a wide area, especially by hand; “broadcast seeds”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

broadcast (comparative more broadcast, superlative most broadcast)

Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.

Communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means.

Relating to transmissions of messages or signals through radio waves or electronic means.

Synonyms

• widespread

Adverb

broadcast (comparative more broadcast, superlative most broadcast)

Widely in all directions; abroad.

(agriculture, horticulture, archaic) By having its seeds sown over a wide area.

Noun

broadcast (plural broadcasts)

A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.

A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted.

Antonym: narrowcast

(agriculture, horticulture, archaic) The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed.

Verb

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

(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.

Synonyms: air, transmit

Antonym: narrowcast

(transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area; specifically, to send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.

(intransitive) To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme.

(transitive, agriculture, horticulture, archaic) To sow seeds over a wide area.

Usage notes

The past of broadcast is either broadcast or broadcasted. Both are in use, but broadcast is much more common, especially in the simple past but also as past participle. As of 2019, Google Books search gives 326,000 results for "was broadcast", vs. 12,900 for "was broadcasted".

Hypernyms

• cast

Anagrams

• bad actors

Source: Wiktionary

Broad"cast`, n. (Agric.)

Definition: A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

Broad"cast`, a.

1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.

2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.

Broad"cast`, adv.

Definition: So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition