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broadcast definition

broad·cast (-kast′, -käst′)

transitive verb broadcast -·cast′ or broadcasted -·cast′ed, broadcasting -·cast′·ing

  1. to scatter (seed) over a broad area rather than sow in drills
  2. to spread (information, gossip, etc.) widely
  3. to transmit, as to a large audience, by radio or television

intransitive verb

to broadcast radio or television programs

adjective

  1. widely scattered
  2. of, for, or by radio or television broadcasting

noun

  1. the act of broadcasting
  2. a radio or television program

adverb

far and wide

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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