broadcast

(brôdˈkăstˌ)

1. To transmit (a radio or television program) for public or general use.
2. To send out or communicate, especially by radio or television: The agency broadcast an urgent appeal for medical supplies.
3. To make known over a wide area: broadcast rumors. See Synonyms at announce.
4. To sow (seed) over a wide area, especially by hand.

1. a. To transmit a radio or television program for public or general use.
   b. To be on the air: The station begins broadcasting at 6 A.M.
2. To participate in a radio or television program.
3. To send a transmission or signal; transmit.

1. Transmission of a radio or television program or signal for public use.
2. a. A radio or television program: watched the morning news broadcast.
   b. The duration of such a program.
3. The act of scattering seed.

1. a. Communicated by means of television or radio.
   b. Of or relating to television or radio communications: broadcast journalism; the print and broadcast media.
2. Widely known.
3. Scattered over a wide area.

Related Forms:

• broadˈcastˌer noun