Meanings
adjectivebroadcasting (not comparable)
- not comparableSending in all directions.
nounbroadcasting (countable and uncountable, plural broadcastings)
plural broadcastings
- countableuncountablebusinessThe business or profession of radio and television.
Broadcasting can be a lucrative field, but very few people end up on the air.
- countableuncountableThe act by which something is broadcast.
frequent broadcastings of the same old material
- countableuncountableagricultureThe act of spreading seeds over a wide area.
The results show less difference in drilling as against broadcasting of oats than wheat.
1920, Union of South Africa Department of Agriculture Report on Agricultural Education for the Year 1st April, 1918, to 31st March, 1919., Cape Town, South Africa, page 43
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of broadcast
We sowed the seeds, broadcasting with a rotary spreader.
1 more example
This radio station is broadcasting at a frequency of 104 MHz.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna medium that disseminates via telecommunications
Similar
broadcast medium
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans uitsaai
- uitsaaibusiness or profession of radio and television
Arabic إِذَاعَة
- إِذَاعَة (ʔiḏāʕa)business or profession of radio and television
Bengali সম্প্রচার
- সম্প্রচার (śomprocar)business or profession of radio and television
Bulgarian преда́ване
- преда́ване (predávane)business or profession of radio and television
Catalan radiodifusió
- radiodifusióbusiness or profession of radio and television
Chinese Mandarin 廣播 /广播
- 廣播 /广播 (guǎngbò)business or profession of radio and television
Czech vysílání
- vysíláníbusiness or profession of radio and television
Danish udsendelse, sending
- udsendelsebusiness or profession of radio and television
- sendingbusiness or profession of radio and television
Estonian ülekanne, ringhääling
- ülekannebusiness or profession of radio and television
- ringhäälingbusiness or profession of radio and television
Finnish lähetystoiminta, lähetys
- lähetystoimintabusiness or profession of radio and television
- lähetysact by which something is broadcast
- hajakylvöact of spreading seeds over a wide area
French radiodiffusion, émission
- radiodiffusionbusiness or profession of radio and television
- émissionbusiness or profession of radio and television
- diffusionbusiness or profession of radio and television
German Rundfunk, Sendung
- Rundfunkbusiness or profession of radio and television
- Sendungbusiness or profession of radio and television
- Übertragungbusiness or profession of radio and television
Hindi प्रसारण
- प्रसारण (prasāraṇ)business or profession of radio and television
Italian trasmissione, radiodiffusione
- trasmissionebusiness or profession of radio and television
- radiodiffusionebusiness or profession of radio and television
Japanese 放送
- 放送 (hōsō)business or profession of radio and television
Korean 방송
- 방송 (bangsong)business or profession of radio and television
Latvian pārraide
- pārraidebusiness or profession of radio and television
Lithuanian transliavimas
- transliavimasbusiness or profession of radio and television
Malay penyiaran
- penyiaranbusiness or profession of radio and television
Norwegian kringkasting, rikskringkasting
- kringkastingbusiness or profession of radio and television
- rikskringkastingbusiness or profession of radio and television
Polish nadawanie
- nadawaniebusiness or profession of radio and television
Portuguese transmissão
- transmissãobusiness or profession of radio and television
Romanian difuzare
- difuzarebusiness or profession of radio and television
Russian веща́ние
- веща́ние (veščánije)business or profession of radio and television
Slovak vysielanie
- vysielaniebusiness or profession of radio and television
Spanish retransmisión, emisión
- retransmisiónbusiness or profession of radio and television
- emisiónbusiness or profession of radio and television
- radiodifusiónbusiness or profession of radio and television
Swedish sändning
- sändningbusiness or profession of radio and television
Tamil ஒலிபரப்பு
- ஒலிபரப்பு (oliparappu)business or profession of radio and television
Turkish yayım, yayın
- yayımbusiness or profession of radio and television
- yayınbusiness or profession of radio and television
Ukrainian мо́влення, віща́ння
- мо́влення (móvlennja)business or profession of radio and television
- віща́ння (viščánnja)business or profession of radio and television
Urdu نَشْرِیّات
- نَشْرِیّات (naśriyyāt)business or profession of radio and television
Cite this entry
APA
broadcasting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadcasting
MLA
“broadcasting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadcasting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “broadcasting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadcasting.
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