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{
"term": "broadcast",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "broadcast",
"heSheIt": "broadcasts"
},
"pastSimple": "broadcast",
"pastParticiple": "broadcast",
"ingForm": "broadcasting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to send out programmes on television or radio",
"sensetop": "broadcast (something)",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The concert will be **broadcast live** *(= at the same time as it takes place)* tomorrow evening."
},
{
"text": "Most of the programmes are broadcast in English."
},
{
"text": "They began broadcasting in 1922."
},
{
"text": "The station broadcasts programmes around the world in 43 languages."
},
{
"text": "The event will be broadcast over the internet"
},
{
"text": "He broadcasts his Saturday morning show on the station."
},
{
"text": "This interview was originally broadcast last Friday."
},
{
"text": "We will broadcast live from the ship."
},
{
"text": "a Christmas message broadcast to the nation"
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["live", "nationally", "originally"],
"preposition": ["from", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to tell a lot of people about something",
"sensetop": "broadcast something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I don't like to **broadcast the fact** that my father owns the company."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbrɔːdkɑːst/",
"audio": "br/broadcast/broadcast__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbrɔːdkɑːsts/",
"audio": "br/broadcast/broadcasts__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbrɔːdkɑːstɪŋ/",
"audio": "br/broadcast/broadcasting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbrɔːdkæst/",
"audio": "br/broadcast/broadcast__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbrɔːdkæsts/",
"audio": "br/broadcast/broadcasts__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbrɔːdkæstɪŋ/",
"audio": "br/broadcast/broadcasting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘sown by scattering’): from broad + the past participle of cast ‘throw’. Senses relating to radio and television date from the early 20th cent."
}