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# broadcast

verb (broadcast, broadcasts, broadcast or broadcasted, broadcasting); noun (a broadcast, broadcasts)

«broadcast» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To broadcast means to send out a programme on television, radio or the internet: "the match will be broadcast live". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broadcast/#m1)
2. (noun) A broadcast is a programme sent out on TV, radio or online: "a news broadcast". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broadcast/#m2)
3. To broadcast news or a secret means to tell lots of people: "don't broadcast it". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broadcast/#m3)
4. (farming, old) To broadcast seeds means to scatter them widely by hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broadcast/#m4)

### In the lessons

In media lessons, broadcasters, live broadcasts and news broadcasts are studied. In maths, broadcast times are worked out: "a 90-minute broadcast starting at 7:15 ends at 8:45". In everyday life, "don't broadcast it" means keep it quiet. Phrases: live broadcast, news broadcast, broadcast live, broadcaster.

### Examples

- The football final is broadcast live on TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broadcast/#x1)
- We listened to the news broadcast on the radio. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broadcast/#x2)
- The school play was broadcast online for grandparents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broadcast/#x3)
- The broadcast starts at 6:30 and lasts 30 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broadcast/#x4)
- Don't broadcast my secret to the whole class! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broadcast/#x5)
- The farmer broadcast the seeds across the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broadcast/#x6)
- The radio station broadcasts music all night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broadcast/#x7)

### Note

Past form: usually broadcast (the same), sometimes broadcasted. A broadcaster is a person or company that broadcasts. Formed from broad (wide) + cast (throw).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «broadcast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broadcast/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«broadcast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/broadcast.html) on Mova free.