"TV" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌtiːˈviː/, /ˈti.vi/ [Southern-American-English] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-TV.wav [Southern-England], en-us-TV.ogg [US] Forms: TVs [plural]
enPR: tē'vēʹ [Southern-American-English] Rhymes: -iː, (Southern American English) -iːvi Etymology: Abbreviation, from television. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} TV (countable and uncountable, plural TVs)
  1. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of television. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: television
    Sense id: en-TV-en-noun-bulvAki5
  2. (countable) Abbreviation of transvestite. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable Alternative form of: transvestite Translations (abbreviation for transvestite): travo [masculine] (Dutch), transu (Finnish), Transe [feminine] (German), T (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-TV-en-noun-OBe0VYs7 Disambiguation of 'abbreviation for transvestite': 23 49 7 5 17
  3. (physiology) Initialism of tidal volume. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: tidal volume Categories (topical): Physiology
    Sense id: en-TV-en-noun--IbZmyiF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 43 42 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 3 31 30 34 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
  4. Initialism of tax value. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: tax value
    Sense id: en-TV-en-noun--zQVT6A1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 43 42 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 3 31 30 34
  5. (pop culture, music) Initialism of Taylor's Version. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Taylor's Version Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-TV-en-noun-SDOrBFpq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 43 42 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 3 31 30 34 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: T.V. Related terms: telly Translations (abbreviation for television): টিভি (tibhi) (Assamese), ТБ (TB) [neuter] (Belarusian), တီဗီ (tibi) (Burmese), TV (Catalan), 電視 (Chinese Mandarin), 电视 (diànshì) (Chinese Mandarin), tv [neuter] (Danish), tv [feminine] (Dutch), teevee [feminine] (Dutch), TV (Finnish), télé [feminine] (French), TV [neuter] (German), טלוויזיה (televizia) [feminine] (Hebrew), टीवी (ṭīvī) [masculine] (Hindi), TV (Ido), TV (Interlingua), TV [feminine] (Italian), tivù [feminine] (Italian), テレビ (terebi) (Japanese), テレビジョン (terebijon) (Japanese), 텔레비 (tellebi) (Korean), 티브이 (tibeu'i) (Korean), 티비 (tibi) (Korean), 텔레비전 (tellebijeon) (Korean), 티뷔 (tibwi) (Korean), TV (Latvian), TV (Norwegian), teve (Norwegian), TV [feminine] (Portuguese), tevê [feminine] (Portuguese), ТВ [TV, neuter] (Russian), tbh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ТВ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), TV [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ටීවී (ṭīwī) (Sinhalese), tele (Spanish), tv [feminine] (Spanish), tv (Swedish), teve (Swedish), TV (Tagalog), టీ.వీ. (ṭī.vī.) (Telugu), ทีวี (tii-wii) (Thai), TV (Turkish), ТБ (TB) [neuter] (Ukrainian), truyền hình (alt: 傳形) (Vietnamese), TV (Vietnamese), tévé [feminine] (Walloon), teli [masculine] (Welsh), this vis (White Hmong), tiiviiq (Yup'ik)
Derived forms: appointment TV, cable TV, dish TV, linear TV, made-for-TV, Prestige TV, slow TV, TVaholic, TV dinner, TV evangelism, TV evangelist, TV land, TV rock, VBTV Disambiguation of 'abbreviation for television': 37 30 7 6 20

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      "word": "ටීවී"
    },
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "tele"
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      "word": "టీ.వీ."
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      "roman": "tii-wii",
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        "neuter"
      ],
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "truyền hình"
    },
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      "_dis1": "37 30 7 6 20",
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "TV"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 30 7 6 20",
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      ],
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
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      "word": "teli"
    },
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
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    },
    {
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    }
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    "TV (disambiguation)"
  ],
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}
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      "word": "cable TV"
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      "word": "linear TV"
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      "word": "made-for-TV"
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      "word": "Prestige TV"
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      "word": "slow TV"
    },
    {
      "word": "TVaholic"
    },
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      "word": "TV dinner"
    },
    {
      "word": "TV evangelism"
    },
    {
      "word": "TV evangelist"
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      "word": "VBTV"
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "টিভি"
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "တီဗီ"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "TV"
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "電視"
    },
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "电视"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
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      "word": "tv"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "tv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teevee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "TV"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "télé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "TV"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "televizia",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "טלוויזיה"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "TV"
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    {
      "code": "ia",
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "TV"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "TV"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tivù"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "terebi",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "テレビ"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "テレビジョン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tellebi",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "텔레비"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "tibeu'i",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "티브이"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "티비"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "word": "텔레비전"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "tibwi",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "티뷔"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "TV"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "TV"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "teve"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "TV"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tevê"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ТВ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ТВ"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "TV"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "ṭīwī",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "ටීවී"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "tele"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "tv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "tv"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "teve"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "TV"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ṭī.vī.",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "టీ.వీ."
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    {
      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "tii-wii",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "ทีวี"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "TV"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "TB",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ТБ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "傳形",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "truyền hình"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "TV"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tévé"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "teli"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
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      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "this vis"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "abbreviation for television",
      "word": "tiiviiq"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "abbreviation for transvestite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "travo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for transvestite",
      "word": "transu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "abbreviation for transvestite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Transe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for transvestite",
      "word": "T"
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "TV (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "TV"
}

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