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(1) To transmit to every receiver within a geographic area. Over-the-air TV and AM and FM radio are examples of broadcast networks. Contrast with narrowcast.

(2) To transmit to every node on a local network or subnetwork. Broadcasts are commonly used to announce that network resources are now turned on and available, to advertise services and to make requests for address resolution. See broadcast address, multicast, broadcast traffic, address resolution, ARP, SLP and broadcast domain.

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verb

1. To make (information) generally known: advertise, blaze, blazon, bruit, circulate, disseminate, noise, promulgate, propagate, spread. Idioms: spread far and wide, spread the word. See knowledge/ignorance.
2. To bring to public notice or make known publicly: advertise, announce, annunciate, declare, proclaim, promulgate, publish. See knowledge/ignorance, words.

v

Definition: make public
Antonyms: hide, keep quiet, secret

To distribute seeds or fertilizer evenly over an area, not in rows.

IN BRIEF: To send through the air or transmit by radio or television.

The Channel Six News was broadcast every evening.

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A transmission of information relating to air navigation that is not addressed to a specific station or stations (ICAO). No acknowledgment is expected from the recipient of such broadcasts. See also blind transmission.

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For a list of words related to broadcast, see:

• Television Programming and Institutions - broadcast: presentation of a program; (vb) transmit by radio or television waves
• Practice, Tools, and Techniques - broadcast: (vb) toss out seed by hand

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - transmittere, udsende, fremsende
v. intr. - optræde
n. - fremsendelse, transmission, udsendelse
adj. - transmissions-
adv. - over stort område

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitzending, omroep, uitzenden, omroepen, rondbazuinen

Français (French)
v. tr. - diffuser, émettre, téléviser, (fig) diffuser, répandre, émettre partout, (Agric) semer à la volée
v. intr. - (Radio, TV) émettre, participer à une émission, faire une émission
n. - (Radio, TV) émission, message (e-mail, etc)
adj. - télévisé, (radio)diffusé
adv. - à la volée

Deutsch (German)
v. - senden, übertragen, ausposaunen
n. - Programm, Sendung
adj. - im Rundfunk oder Fernsehen gesendet, weit verbreitet
adv. - im Rundfunk oder Fernsehen gesendet, weit verbreitet

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ραδιοφωνική ή τηλεοπτική) εκπομπή ή μετάδοση, (Η/Υ) κοινοποίηση σε άλλους χρήστες
v. - εκπέμπω ή μεταδίδω (από ραδιοφώνου κ.λπ.), κοινολογώ, διαδίδω, (Η/Υ) κοινοποιώ σε άλλους χρήστες

Italiano (Italian)
trasmettere, diffondere, trasmissione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - transmissão (f) por rádio ou televisão
v. - transmitir por rádio ou televisão

Русский (Russian)
транслировать, вещать, радио-/телевещание

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - pregonar, difundir, emitir, radiar, televisar, transmitir, transmitir en cadena , transmitir en forma simultánea
v. intr. - pregonar, difundir, emitir, radiar, televisar, transmitir
n. - emisión, transmisión, emisión en cadena, polling, transmisión simultánea
adj. - relativo a la radiodifusión
adv. - esparcidamente, extensamente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (radio-/TV-) sändning
v. - sända (i radio, TV), så för hand

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
广播, 播送, 播, 广为散播, 传布, 播放, 发表广播演说, 参加广播演出, 散布, 广播节目, 播种, 广播的, 播音的, 撒播的, 散布的, 经广播, 散布地, 广泛地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 廣播, 播送, 播, 廣為散播, 傳佈
v. intr. - 廣播, 播放, 發表廣播演說, 參加廣播演出
n. - 廣播, 散佈, 廣播節目, 播種
adj. - 廣播的, 播音的, 撒播的, 散佈的
adv. - 經廣播, 散佈地, 廣泛地

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 방송하다, 한번에 여러 사람들에게 메시지를 전달하다
v. intr. - 방송하다, 흩뿌리다
n. - 방송 , 한번에 여러 사람들이 받는 메시지
adj. - 방송의, 널리 퍼진
adv. - 널리

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 放送する, 広める, ばらまく
n. - 放送, 散布
adv. - ばらまいて
adj. - 放送の, 一般に広まった, ばらまきの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نشرة أذاعيه, اذاعه, بث رساله الى عدة أشخاص في آن واحد ( كالبريد الاكتروني مثلا) (فعل) ارسال نفس الرساله الى عدة أشخاص في آن واحد, أذاع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שידר (ברדיו), פירסם, זרע ע"י פיזור הזרעים‬
v. intr. - ‮שידר (ברדיו), פירסם‬
n. - ‮שידור, תוכנית‬
adj. - ‮משודר ברדיו או בטלביזיה‬
adv. - ‮בשטח גדול‬

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