different between radiate vs broadcast

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare (“to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine”), from radius (“a spoke, ray”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /??e?die?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /??e?die?t/, /??e?di.?t/

Verb

radiate (third-person singular simple present radiates, present participle radiating, simple past and past participle radiated)

1. To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
   • 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates

     Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road.
2. (transitive) To emit rays or waves.

   The stove radiates heat.

3. (intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.

   The heat radiates from a stove.

   • 1706, John Locke, Elements of Natural Philosophy

     Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
4. (transitive) To illuminate.
5. To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
6. (transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
7. (ecology, intransitive) to spread into new habitats, migrate.

Synonyms

• (to expose to radiation): irradiate

Derived terms

• radiator

Related terms

• radiation

Translations

Adjective

radiate (comparative more radiate, superlative most radiate)

1. Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

   a radiate crystal

2. Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
3. (botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
4. (botany) Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.
5. (biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
6. (zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.

Translations

Noun

radiate (plural radiates)

1. (zoology) One of the Radiata.

Related terms

• radial
• radiation
• radio
• radius
• ray

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• airdate, ardaite, tiaraed

Esperanto

Adverb

radiate

1. present adverbial passive participle of radii

Italian

Verb

radiate

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of radere
2. second-person plural present indicative of radiare
3. second-person plural imperative of radiare
4. second-person plural present subjunctive of radiare
5. feminine plural of radiato

Anagrams

• aderita, adirate, ardiate, datarie, daterai

Latin

Verb

radi?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of radi?

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)

2. Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.
3. Communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means.
4. 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