"livestream" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: livestreams [plural]
Etymology: live + stream Etymology templates: {{compound|en|live|stream}} live + stream Head templates: {{en-noun}} livestream (plural livestreams)
  1. Alternative form of live stream. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: live stream
    Sense id: en-livestream-en-noun-g16L75K9

Verb

Forms: livestreams [present, singular, third-person], livestreaming [participle, present], livestreamed [participle, past], livestreamed [past]
Etymology: live + stream Etymology templates: {{compound|en|live|stream}} live + stream Head templates: {{en-verb}} livestream (third-person singular simple present livestreams, present participle livestreaming, simple past and past participle livestreamed)
  1. (transitive) To broadcast as a live stream. Tags: transitive Synonyms: stream Translations (broadcast as a live stream): 直播 (zhíbō) (Chinese Mandarin), livestreamen (Dutch), striimata (Finnish), suoralähettää (Finnish), lähettää verkkoon (Finnish), suoranauhoittaa (Finnish), livestream [masculine] (French), élőben közvetít (Hungarian), emitir en directo [Spain] (Spanish), retransmitir en directo (Spanish), hacer directo (Spanish), transmitir en vivo [Latin-America] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-livestream-en-verb-w7Js~dY8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 50 18 Disambiguation of 'broadcast as a live stream': 69 31
  2. (transitive) To receive and watch as a live stream. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-livestream-en-verb-t~bKYPRL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: live-stream, live stream

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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