I.
noun
1 television/radio station
ADJECTIVE
▪ radio , television , TV , video
▪ cable , digital , satellite , terrestrial
▪ commercial , independent
▪ film ( esp. BrE ), movie , news , sports , etc.
▪ pay-per-view
VERB + CHANNEL
▪ change , flip ( AmE ), flip through ( esp. AmE ), switch
▪
I changed ~s when the news came on.
▪ change to , switch over to ( esp. BrE ), switch to , tune in to , tune to
▪ watch
▪
He was watching the cartoon ~.
▪ surf
▪
Lily surfed the ~s on the television.
▪ launch
▪
Last year, the company launched its own TV ~.
CHANNEL + VERB
▪ broadcast
▪
This ~ broadcasts 24 hours a day.
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
▪
There's an interesting documentary on Channel 9 tonight.
2 route for sending information
ADJECTIVE
▪ direct , indirect
▪
Journalists always have indirect ~s for getting information.
▪ formal , official
▪
She first tried to get a doctor's certificate through official ~s.
▪ informal
▪ appropriate , conventional , normal , proper , right , usual
▪ effective
▪
an effective ~ for communication
▪ diplomatic
▪ communication , distribution
▪
worldwide distribution ~s
VERB + CHANNEL
▪ go through , use
▪
If you want a visa, you will have to go through the proper ~s.
▪ establish , open , open up
▪
attempts to open up new ~s of communication
PREPOSITION
▪ through a/the ~
▪
The government hopes to settle the dispute through diplomatic ~s.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of communication
▪ ~s of distribution
3 narrow area of water
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep
▪ narrow
▪ drainage , irrigation
▪
Irrigation ~s supply the crops with water.
▪ river , water
▪
The garden has fountains and water ~s.
▪ shipping
VERB + CHANNEL
▪ form
▪ block
II.
verb
Channel is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ aggression , ↑ anger , ↑ effort , ↑ emotion , ↑ energy , ↑ fund , ↑ magic , ↑ rage