Topic: TELEVISION AND RADIO
Explore TELEVISION AND RADIO Topic
action replay
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 |
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tel‧e‧vi‧sion S1 W1

1 [countable] also television set formalTCBDH a piece of electronic equipment shaped like a box with a screen, on which you can watch programmes [= TV]:
a widescreen television
a widescreen television turn the television up/down (=make it louder or quieter)
2 [uncountable]TCB the programmes broadcast in this way [= TV]:
4 [uncountable]TCB the business of making and broadcasting programmes on television [= TV]
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-viewtelevision ➔ channel surfing

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-viewtelevision ➔ channel surfing

