broadcast

== English == === Etymology === From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔːdkɑːst/, /-kæst/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔːdkast/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔdkæst/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɑdkæst/ Hyphenation: broad‧cast Rhymes: -ɔːdkɑːst, -ɔːdkæst, (Canada) -ɑdkæst === Adjective === broadcast (comparative more broadcast, superlative most broadcast) Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad. Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means. Hyponyms: aired, televised Coordinate term: narrowcast (attributive) Relating to transmissions of messages or signals to many people through radio waves or electronic means. ==== Synonyms ==== widespread ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === broadcast (comparative more broadcast, superlative most broadcast) Widely in all directions; abroad. (agriculture, horticulture, archaic) By having its seeds sown over a wide area. === Noun === broadcast (plural broadcasts) A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver. A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted. Antonym: narrowcast (agriculture, horticulture, archaic) The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === broadcast (third-person singular simple present broadcasts, present participle broadcasting, simple past and past participle broadcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) broadcasted) (transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means. Synonyms: air, transmit, send Antonym: narrowcast (transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area. (specifically) To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people. (intransitive) To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme. (transitive, agriculture, horticulture, archaic) To sow seeds over a wide area. ==== Usage notes ==== The past of broadcast is either broadcast or broadcasted. Both are in use, but broadcast is much more common, especially in the simple past but also as past participle. As of 2019, Google Books search gives 326,000 results for "was broadcast", vs. 12,900 for "was broadcasted". The influence of parallelism with cast prevailing over casted is evident. ==== Hypernyms ==== cast ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “broadcast”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “broadcast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Further reading === broadcast (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === bad actors