Meanings
present singular third person telecasts · participle present telecasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes telecasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes telecasted
- transitiveTo broadcast by television.
[The Kumbh Mela festival] would be telecast across the country.
2025 January 29, Aakash Hassan, “He went to capture the beauty of Hinduism. Then the stampede happened.”, in The Christian Science Monitor1 more example
Cooley currently is ironing out details of the proposed kinescoping with Klaus Landsberg, topper at KTLA, over whose facilities the hour-long show has been telecast […]
1953 August 29, Billboard, page 4Synonyms: televise
plural telecasts
- A television broadcast, especially outside of a studio.
By the time the telecast starts, you’ll be an industry insider.
2020 January 23, Scottie Andrew, Allen Kim and Tiffany Baker, “How to talk about the Grammys best new artist nominees like a pro”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo broadcast by television.
verbTo broadcast a television program.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From tele- + -cast, from broadcast.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian предавам по телевизията, телевизионно предаване
- предавам по телевизията (predavam po televizijata)to broadcast by TV
- телевизионно предаване (televizionno predavane)TV broadcast
Finnish televisioida, lähettää
- televisioidato broadcast by TV
- lähettääto broadcast a TV program
- televisiointiTV broadcast
- televisiolähetysTV broadcast
Cite this entry
telecast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telecast
“telecast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telecast. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telecast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telecast.
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