"livestream" meaning in English

See livestream in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: livestreams [plural]
Etymology: From 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 23 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 55 25 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 24 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 55 25 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 62 21 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 57 24 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 63 20 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 62 21 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 62 21 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 61 22 18

Verb

Forms: livestreams [present, singular, third-person], livestreaming [participle, present], livestreamed [participle, past], livestreamed [past]
Etymology: From 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), 配信する (haishin suru) (Japanese), 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 Disambiguation of 'broadcast as a live stream': 67 33
  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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