different between aired vs broadcast

aired

English

Verb

aired

  1. simple past tense and past participle of air

See also

  • aired-out

Adjective

aired (not comparable)

  1. (of a complaint or problem) Having been uttered or spoken of, such that certain persons are aware.
  2. (of a show) Having been broadcast, such as on television or radio.

Anagrams

  • Dirae, adire, aider, deair, idear, irade, redia

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broadcast

English

Etymology

broad +? cast.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b???dk??st/, /-kæst/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?b??dkæst/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /?b??dkæst/
  • (US)
  • (California)
  • Hyphenation: broad?cast

Adjective

broadcast (comparative more broadcast, superlative most broadcast)

  1. Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.
  2. Communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means.
  3. Relating to transmissions of messages or signals through radio waves or electronic means.

Synonyms

  • widespread

Translations

Adverb

broadcast (comparative more broadcast, superlative most broadcast)

  1. Widely in all directions; abroad.
  2. (agriculture, horticulture, archaic) By having its seeds sown over a wide area.

Noun

broadcast (plural broadcasts)

  1. A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.
    • 1961 May 9, Newton Minow, "Television and the Public Interest":
      No one knows how long it will be until a broadcast from a studio in New York will be viewed in India as well as in Indiana, will be seen in the Congo as it is seen in Chicago. But as surely as we are meeting here today, that day will come; and once again our world will shrink.
  2. A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted.
    Antonym: narrowcast
  3. (agriculture, horticulture, archaic) The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

broadcast (third-person singular simple present broadcasts, present participle broadcasting, simple past and past participle broadcast or broadcasted)

  1. (transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
    Synonyms: air, transmit
    Antonym: narrowcast
  2. (transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area; specifically, to send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.
  3. (intransitive) To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme.
  4. (transitive, agriculture, horticulture, archaic) To sow seeds over a wide area.

Usage notes

The past of broadcast is either broadcast or broadcasted. Both are in use, but broadcast is much more common, especially in the simple past but also as past participle. As of 2019, Google Books search gives 326,000 results for "was broadcast", vs. 12,900 for "was broadcasted".

Derived terms

Translations

Hypernyms

  • cast

References

  • broadcast in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • broadcast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

  • broadcast (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • bad actors

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  • what broadcast channel is cbs
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