telecast
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Etymology edit
From tele- + -cast, from broadcast.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
telecast (third-person singular simple present telecasts, present participle telecasting, simple past and past participle telecast or telecasted)
- (transitive) To broadcast by television.
- 1953 August 29, Billboard, page 4:
- Cooley currently is ironing out details of the proposed kinescoping with Klaus Landsberg, topper at KTLA, over whose facilities the hour-long show has been telecast […]
- (intransitive) To broadcast a television program.
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to broadcast by TV
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Noun edit
telecast (plural telecasts)
- A television broadcast, especially outside of a studio.
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TV broadcast
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