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# television

noun (a television, televisions; television — uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. A television (TV) is a machine with a screen that shows programmes with pictures and sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/television/#m1)
2. Television is the system of sending programmes and the programmes themselves: watching television. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/television/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in everyday life: watch television, TV programmes. Health: too much screen time is not healthy. Media lessons: adverts on television try to make you buy things. Phrases: "on television", "watch television", "television programme".

### Examples

- We watched a film on television. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/television/#x1)
- Turn off the television, it's bedtime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/television/#x2)
- Our new television is very big. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/television/#x3)
- She was on television for winning a prize. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/television/#x4)
- Don't sit too close to the television. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/television/#x5)
- Adverts on television want you to buy things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/television/#x6)
- Television was invented about a hundred years ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/television/#x7)

### Note

Short forms: TV, telly (UK informal). Say "on television", not "in television". Countable for the machine, uncountable for the system or programmes.

## On Mova

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