broad·cast (brôd'kăst')

v., -cast, or -cast·ed, -cast·ing, -casts.

v.tr.

1. To transmit (a radio or television program) for public or general use.
2. To send out or communicate, especially by radio or television: The agency broadcast an urgent appeal for medical supplies.
3. To make known over a wide area: broadcast rumors. See synonyms at announce.
4. To sow (seed) over a wide area, especially by hand.

v.intr.

1. 1. To transmit a radio or television program for public or general use.
   2. To be on the air: The station begins broadcasting at 6 A.M.
2. To participate in a radio or television program.
3. To send a transmission or signal; transmit.

n.

1. Transmission of a radio or television program or signal for public use.
2. 1. A radio or television program: watched the morning news broadcast.
   2. The duration of such a program.
3. The act of scattering seed.

adj.

1. 1. Communicated by means of television or radio.
   2. Of or relating to television or radio communications: broadcast journalism; the print and broadcast media.
2. Widely known.
3. Scattered over a wide area.

adv.
In a scattered manner.

broadcaster broad'cast'er n.

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