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Noun: broadcast  'brod`kãst
  1. Message that is transmitted by radio or television
     
  2. A radio or television show
    - program, programme [Brit, Cdn]
Verb: broadcast (broadcast, also broadcasted)  'brod`kãst
  1. Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
    - air, send, beam, transmit
     
  2. Sow over a wide area, especially by hand
    "broadcast seeds"
     
  3. Cause to become widely known
    "broadcast the news"
    - circulate, circularize, circularise [Brit], distribute, disseminate, propagate, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

Derived forms: broadcasting, broadcast, broadcasts, broadcasted

See also: broadcaster

Type of: air, bare, message, publicise [Brit], publicize, seed, show, sow

Encyclopedia: Broadcast