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broadcast
broad·cast / ˈbrôdˌkast/ • v. (past -cast or -cast·ed ; past part. -cast or -cast·ed) [tr.] 1. (often be broadcast) transmit (a program or some information) by radio or television: the announcement was broadcast live [as n.] (broadcasting) the 1920s saw the dawn of broadcasting. ∎ [intr.] take part in a radio or television transmission: the station broadcasts 24 hours a day. ∎ tell (something) to many people; make widely known: we don't want to broadcast our unhappiness to the world. 2. scatter (seeds) by hand or machine rather than placing in drills or rows. • n. a radio or television program or transmission. • adj. of or relating to such programs: a broadcast journalist. DERIVATIVES: broad·cast·er n. |
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"broadcast." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "broadcast." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-broadcast.html "broadcast." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-broadcast.html |
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broadcast
•aghast, avast, Belfast, blast, cast, caste, contrast, fast, last, mast, miscast, outlast, past, rat-arsed, unsurpassed, vast
•steadfast • lightfast • holdfast
•sunfast • colourfast • flabbergast
•simulcast • telecast • typecast
•forecast • broadcast • sportscast
•downcast
•outcast, outcaste
•newscast • roughcast • upcast
•opencast • worm cast • sandblast
•Elastoplast • counterblast • mainmast
•mizzenmast • topmast • foremast
•fly-past
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"broadcast." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "broadcast." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-broadcast.html "broadcast." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-broadcast.html |
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