broadcast

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun message that is transmitted by radio or television
  2. noun a radio or television show
  3. verb broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

Etymology

From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.

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