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Verb: broadcast (broadcast, also broadcasted)  'brod,kãst
  1. Distribute content through the air or space via radio, television, or similar electronic signals
    "We cannot broadcast this X-rated song";
    - air, send, beam, transmit
     
  2. Cause to become widely known
    "broadcast the news";
    - circulate, circularize, circularise [Brit], distribute, disseminate, propagate, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
     
  3. Spread or scatter widely
    "broadcast seeds"
Noun: broadcast  'brod,kãst
  1. Message that is transmitted by radio or television
    "The emergency broadcast interrupted regular programming"
     
  2. A radio or television show
    "did you see his broadcast last night?";
    - program [N. Amer], programme [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: broadcasts, broadcasted, broadcasting, broadcast

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

Encyclopedia: Broadcast, unknown-unicast and multicast traffic