Dictionary entry details
• BROADCAST (noun)
Meaning:
Message that is transmitted by radio or television
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("broadcast" is a kind of...):
message (a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "broadcast"):
rebroadcast (a broadcast that repeated at a later time)
radio broadcast (a broadcast via radio)
simulcast (a broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio))
telecast (a television broadcast)
newscast (a broadcast of news or commentary on the news)
Meaning:
A radio or television show
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
broadcast; programme; program
Context example:
did you see his program last night?
Hypernyms ("broadcast" is a kind of...):
show (a social event involving a public performance or entertainment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "broadcast"):
sustaining program (a program without a commercial sponsor)
episode; installment; instalment (a part of a broadcast serial)
serial; series (a serialized set of programs)
game show; giveaway (a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards)
television program; television show; TV program; TV show (a program broadcast by television)
chat show; talk show (a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience)
rerun (a program that is broadcast again)
news; news program; news show (a program devoted to news)
• BROADCAST (verb)
Meaning:
Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
broadcast; air; transmit; beam; send
Context example:
We cannot air this X-rated song
Hypernyms (to "broadcast" is one way to...):
air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)
Cause:
air (be broadcast)
Domain category:
broadcast medium; broadcasting (a medium that disseminates via telecommunications)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "broadcast"):
satellite (broadcast or disseminate via satellite)
sportscast (broadcast a sports event)
telecast; televise (broadcast via television)
interrogate (transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication)
rebroadcast; rerun (broadcast again, as of a film)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Sow over a wide area, especially by hand
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
broadcast seeds
Hypernyms (to "broadcast" is one way to...):
seed; sough; sow (place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth)
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to become widely known
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
disseminate; circulate; pass around; circularise; diffuse; broadcast; circularize; disperse; spread; propagate; distribute
Context examples:
spread information / circulate a rumor / broadcast the news
Hypernyms (to "broadcast" is one way to...):
air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)
Cause:
circulate; go around; spread (become widely known and passed on)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "broadcast"):
carry; run (include as the content; broadcast or publicize)
generalise; generalize; popularise; popularize; vulgarise; vulgarize (cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use)
sough; sow (introduce into an environment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
