"televise" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈtɛləvaɪz/ Audio: En-us-televise.ogg [US] Forms: televises [present, singular, third-person], televising [participle, present], televised [participle, past], televised [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from television. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|television}} Back-formation from television Head templates: {{en-verb}} televise (third-person singular simple present televises, present participle televising, simple past and past participle televised)
  1. To broadcast, or be broadcast, by television. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Television Synonyms: televize [nonstandard] Derived forms: the revolution will not be televised Related terms: telecast Translations (broadcast, or be broadcast, by television): تَلْفَزَ (talfaza) (Arabic), televisar (Catalan), 電視播放 (Chinese Mandarin), 电视播放 (diànshì bòfàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 廣播 (Chinese Mandarin), 广播 (guǎngbō) (Chinese Mandarin), 轉播 (Chinese Mandarin), 转播 (zhuǎnbò) (Chinese Mandarin), televisioida (Finnish), téléviser (French), durch Fernsehsender übertragen (German), 放映する (hōei suru) (alt: ほうえいする) (Japanese), 방영하다 (bang'yeong-hada) (Korean), téléviser (Norman), televisar (Portuguese), пока́зывать по телеви́дению (pokázyvatʹ po televídeniju) [imperfective] (Russian), передава́ть по телеви́дению (peredavátʹ po televídeniju) [imperfective] (Russian), трансли́ровать (translírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), televisar (Spanish), televisera (Swedish)

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