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anchor
(n)
anchor
(v)
anchorperson
announce
announcer
antenna
Autocue
bleep
breakfast television
broadcaster
broadcasting
cable
cable television
call-in
cathode ray tube
channel surfing
chat show
closedown
CNN
continuity
disc jockey
episode
fast-forward
fly-on-the-wall
FM
game show
ghetto blaster
headphones
host
infomercial
infotainment
instant replay
interference
lead-in
local radio
loop
miniseries
monitor
narrator
network
(n)
network
(v)
news
news agency
news bulletin
newscast
newsflash
newsreader
omnibus
out-take
phone-in
pilot
play-by-play
present
prime time
programme
programming
public access channel
public television
question master
quiz
radio
remote
repeat
(v)
repeat
(n)
request
screen
(n)
screen
(v)
screening
screenplay
screenwriter
scriptwriter
season
simulcast
sitcom
situation comedy
soap
soap opera
sound
speaker
spin-off
split screen
sportscast
spot
station break
studio
studio audience
swingometer
talking head
talk show
television
test card
trailer
transmission
tube
TV
video
video camera
video nasty
voice-over
wardrobe
weatherman
wireless
zapper
Date:
1900-2000
Language:
French
Origin:
télévision, from télé-
'tele-'
+ vision
television
noun
tel‧e‧vi‧sion
S1
W1
1
[
countable
]
also
television set
formal
TCB
DH
a piece of electronic equipment shaped like a box with a screen, on which you can watch programmes
[=
TV
]
:
a widescreen television
turn/switch a television on/off
Lucy turned on the television to watch the evening news.
turn the television up/down
(=
make it louder or quieter
)
2
[
uncountable
]
TCB
the programmes broadcast in this way
[=
TV
]
:
In the evenings I like to relax and
watch television
.
television programme/show/series etc
a television documentary about runaway children
3
on (the) television
broadcast or being broadcast on television
:
What's on television tonight?
4
[
uncountable
]
TCB
the business of making and broadcasting programmes on television
[=
TV
]
in television
Jean works in television.
television producer/reporter/presenter etc
a television film crew
satellite/cable television
WORD FOCUS: television
WORD FOCUS: television
similar words
:
TV
,
telly
BrE informal
,
the box
BrE informal
,
the tube
AmE informal
programmes on television
:
the news
,
soap opera
,
sitcom
,
drama series
,
detective series
,
documentary
,
docusoap
,
game show
,
talk show
also
chat show
British English
,
made-for-TV movie
,
cartoon
,
reality TV
,
infomercial
a TV programme shown on the Internet
:
webcast
a company that broadcasts programmes
:
channel
,
station
types of television broadcasts
:
terrestrial
British English
,
cable
,
satellite
,
digital
,
pay-per-view
television
➔
channel surfing
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Word of the Day is:
soap opera