(~s, ~ling, ~led)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use '~ing', '~ed'
1.
A ~ is a television station.
...the only serious current affairs programme on either ~.
...the presenter of Channel 4 News.
= station
N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES
2.
A ~ is a band of radio waves on which radio messages can be sent and received.
N-COUNT
3.
If you do something through a particular ~, or particular ~s, that is the system or organization that you use to achieve your aims or to communicate.
The Americans recognise that the UN can be the ~ for greater diplomatic activity...
Moscow and the Baltic republics are re-opening ~s of communication.
N-COUNT: with supp, oft adj N, N for/of n
4.
If you ~ money or resources into something, you arrange for them to be used for that thing, rather than for a wider range of things.
Jacques Delors wants a system set up to ~ funds to the poor countries...
VERB: V n prep
5.
If you ~ your energies or emotions into something, you concentrate on or do that one thing, rather than a range of things.
Stephen is ~ling his energies into a novel called Blue.
VERB: V n into n
6.
A ~ is a passage along which water flows.
Keep the drainage ~ clear.
N-COUNT
7.
A ~ is a route used by boats.
N-COUNT
8.
The Channel or the English Channel is the narrow area of water between England and France.
N-PROPER: the N