broadcast English · revision 5552

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈbrɔːd.kɑːst/, US /ˈbrɑːd.kæst/, /ˈbrɔːd.kæst/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[broad]] and cast, the past participle of [[cast]] “to throw”,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) first describing seed scattered widely by hand.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The noun, a method of sowing by scattering seed over the whole surface: 1707 in the HTOED.^(HTOED) The adjective, of seed scattered by hand, is from 1744 in the HTOED and MWU, 1767 in the OED and Etymonline.^(HTOED)^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The figurative adjective, widely spread, is from 1785.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(HTOED) The verb is from 1733 in the HTOED for sowing, but 1813 in the OED and Etymonline,^(HTOED)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and figuratively, to spread widely, from 1829.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The adverb is from 1832.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The radio sense, to transmit programmes, is from 1916 in the HTOED and 1921 in the OED and Etymonline;^(HTOED)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) the noun, a radio transmission, is from 1919, and the adjective from 1922.^(HTOED)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1707 – a method of sowing.^(HTOED)

+ * 1785 – widely spread.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1813 – to sow by scattering.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1829 – to spread widely.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1916 – to transmit by radio.^(HTOED)

+ * 1919 – a radio programme.^(HTOED)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To send out a programme on [[radio]] or [[television]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To tell something to many people: ''don't broadcast it''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To scatter seed over a wide area.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A radio or television programme, or its transmission.^(HTOED)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Sent out by radio or television.^(HTOED)^(OED 1989)

+ # Of seed, scattered widely.^(SOED 2002)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[broadcaster]]

+ * [[radiobroadcast]]

+ * [[cablecast]]

+ * [[narrowcast]]

+ * [[newscast]]

+ * [[webcast]]

+ * [[unbroadcasted]]

+ * [[rebroadcast]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[broad]]

+ * [[cast]]

+ * [[telecast]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}