- telecast
- telecast (n.) 1937, from tele(vision) + (broad)cast. The verb is recorded from 1940.
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telecast — tel‧e‧cast [ˈtelikɑːst ǁ kæst] noun [countable] TELECOMMUNICATIONS a programme on television: • the marketing of college football telecasts telecast verb [transitive] : • TNT will telecast five hours of Olympic games coverage each afternooon … Financial and business terms
Telecast — may refer to: *A television broadcast *Telecast (band), a Christian band from the United States … Wikipedia
telecast — [tel′ə kast΄] vt., vi. telecast or telecasted, telecasting [ TELE + (BROAD)CAST] to broadcast by television n. a television broadcast telecaster n … English World dictionary
telecast — [n] broadcast air time, newscast, program, show, simulcast, transmission; concepts 274,293 … New thesaurus
telecast — ► NOUN ▪ a television broadcast. ► VERB ▪ transmit by television. DERIVATIVES telecaster noun … English terms dictionary
telecast — UK [ˈtelɪˌkɑːst] / US [ˈtelɪˌkæst] noun [countable] Word forms telecast : singular telecast plural telecasts mainly American a programme broadcast on television Derived word: telecast UK / US verb transitive Word forms telecast : present tense… … English dictionary
telecast — tel|e|cast [ˈtelika:st US kæst] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: tele + broadcast] something that is broadcast on television >telecast v [T] ▪ The game will be telecast live … Dictionary of contemporary English
telecast — [c]/ˈtɛləkast / (say teluhkahst), /ˈtɛli / (say telee ) verb (telecast or telecasted, telecasting) –verb (i) 1. to broadcast by television: this station first telecast in 1965. –verb (t) 2. to broadcast (programs, etc.) by television: which… …
telecast — verb ( cast; also casted; casting) Etymology: tele + broadcast Date: 1937 transitive verb to broadcast by television intransitive verb to broadcast a television program • telecast noun • telecaster … New Collegiate Dictionary
telecast — telecaster, n. /tel i kast , kahst /, v., telecast or telecasted, telecasting, n. v.t., v.i. 1. to broadcast by television. n. 2. a television broadcast. [1935 40; TELE(VISION) + (BROAD)CAST] * * * … Universalium
