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Etymology edit

From tele- +‎ -cast, from broadcast.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛlɪkæst/, /ˈtɛlɪkɑːst/
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telecast (third-person singular simple present telecasts, present participle telecasting, simple past and past participle telecast or telecasted)

  1. (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 []
  2. (intransitive) To broadcast a television program.

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  • (to broadcast by TV): to televise
  • (to broadcast a TV program): to air

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Noun edit

telecast (plural telecasts)

  1. A television broadcast, especially outside of a studio.

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