newscast

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noun

A broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.

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Meanings

nounnewscast (plural newscasts)

plural newscasts

  1. broadcastingA broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.

    Evening newscasts speak of a country on the verge of balkanization.

    2007 September 18, Simon Romero, “A Radical Gives Bolivia Some Stability”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2021
verbnewscast (third-person singular simple present newscasts, present participle newscasting, simple past and past participle newscast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) newscasted)

present singular third person newscasts · participle present newscasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes newscasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes newscasted

  1. transitiveTo broadcast the news.

Origin

From news + -cast, from broadcast.

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Translations

Dutch journaal, nieuwsbulletin
  • journaalbroadcast of news
  • nieuwsbulletinbroadcast of news
  • nieuwsuitzendingbroadcast of news
Finnish uutislähetys, uutiset
  • uutislähetysbroadcast of news
  • uutisetbroadcast of news
French journal télévisé, téléjournal
  • journal télévisébroadcast of news
  • téléjournalbroadcast of news
German Nachrichtensendung, Tagesschau
  • Nachrichtensendungbroadcast of news
  • Tagesschaubroadcast of news
Hungarian híradó, hírműsor
  • híradóbroadcast of news
  • hírműsorbroadcast of news
Italian telegiornale
  • telegiornalebroadcast of news
Malay siaran berita
  • siaran beritabroadcast of news
Polish wiadomości
  • wiadomościbroadcast of news
Portuguese telejornal
  • telejornalbroadcast of news
Spanish telediario, informativo
  • telediariobroadcast of news
  • informativobroadcast of news
  • noticiariobroadcast of news
  • noticierobroadcast of news
  • noticiosobroadcast of news
Urdu خبرنامہ
  • خبرنامہ (xabarnāma)broadcast of news
Cite this entry
APA

newscast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newscast

MLA

“newscast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newscast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newscast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newscast.

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