Meanings
verbtelevise (third-person singular simple present televises, present participle televising, simple past and past participle televised)
present singular third person televises · participle present televising · participle past televised · past televised · alternative nonstandard televize
- ambitransitiveTo broadcast, or be broadcast, by television.
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was one of the first major events to be televised.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Back-formation from television.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَلْفَزَ
- تَلْفَزَ (talfaza)broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
Catalan televisar
- televisarbroadcast, or be broadcast, by television
Chinese Mandarin 電視播放 /电视播放, 廣播 /广播
- 電視播放 /电视播放 (diànshì bòfàng)broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
- 廣播 /广播 (guǎngbō)broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
- 轉播 /转播 (zhuǎnbò)broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
Finnish televisioida
- televisioidabroadcast, or be broadcast, by television
French téléviser
- téléviserbroadcast, or be broadcast, by television
German durch Fernsehsender übertragen
- durch Fernsehsender übertragenbroadcast, or be broadcast, by television
Japanese 放映する
- 放映する (hōei suru)broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
Korean 방영하다
- 방영하다 (bang'yeong-hada)broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
Portuguese televisar
- televisarbroadcast, or be broadcast, by television
Russian пока́зывать по телеви́дению, передава́ть по телеви́дению
- пока́зывать по телеви́дению (pokázyvatʹ po televídeniju)broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
- передава́ть по телеви́дению (peredavátʹ po televídeniju)broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
- трансли́ровать (translírovatʹ)broadcast, or be broadcast, by television
Spanish televisar
- televisarbroadcast, or be broadcast, by television
Swedish televisera
- televiserabroadcast, or be broadcast, by television
Cite this entry
APA
televise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/televise
MLA
“televise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/televise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “televise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/televise.
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