I. broad ‧ cast 1 /ˈbrɔːdkɑːst $ ˈbrɒːdkæst/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
a programme on the radio or on television:
a news broadcast
CNN’s live broadcast of the trial (=sent out at the same time as the events are happening)
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COLLOCATIONS
■ types of broadcast
▪ a radio/television broadcast
The President addressed the nation in a television broadcast.
▪ a satellite broadcast
The match was shown live in a world-wide satellite broadcast.
▪ a news broadcast
The BBC's evening news broadcast was interrupted.
▪ a party political broadcast (=a short television advertisement made by a political party)
How are party political broadcasts funded?
▪ an election broadcast (=shown before an election to persuade people to vote for a party)
a Labour party election broadcast
▪ a live broadcast (=shown or heard as it is happening)
a live television broadcast from Beijing
▪ an Internet broadcast
An Internet broadcast can reach a truly global audience.
■ verbs
▪ make/do a broadcast
He made a long broadcast over the radio.
▪ give a broadcast
The Prime Minister gave a television broadcast to the country at 10:15.
II. broadcast 2 BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle broadcast )
1 . [intransitive and transitive] to send out radio or television programmes:
The interview was broadcast live across Europe.
2 . [transitive] to tell something to a lot of people:
Don’t broadcast the fact that he lost his job.