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Broad.

Broad. is the abbreviation of broadcast.

Broad. is the abbreviation of broadcasting.

Meaning of broadcast

Noun

broadcast (plural broadcasts)

  1. A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.
    • No one knows how long it will be until a broadcast from a studio in New York will be viewed in India as well as in Indiana, will be seen in the Congo as it is seen in Chicago. But as surely as we are meeting here today, that day will come; and once again our world will shrink.1961 May 9, Newton Minow, Television and the Public Interest
  2. A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted.
    • The DJ was feeling nervous before his first national broadcast.
    Antonyms:
    narrowcast
  3. (archaic) The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed.
    • Since my laſt, I went to ſee a piece of Daniel Fitch's, of Pluckley, Kent. He has two acres of broadcaſt, the oldeſt I have ever ſeen, ſown twenty years ago with barley, like clover.1785, W. Belcher, “Observations on Lucerne”, in Arthur Young (agriculturist), editor, Annals of Agriculture, and Other Useful Arts, volume III, number 18, London: Printed for the editor, and sold by...

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Meaning of broadcasting

Noun

broadcasting (countable and uncountable, plural broadcastings)

  1. The business or profession of radio and television.
    • Broadcasting can be a lucrative field, but very few people end up on the air.
  2. The act by which something is broadcast.
    • frequent broadcastings of the same old material
  3. The act of spreading seeds over a wide area.
    • The results show less difference in drilling as against broadcasting of oats than wheat.1920, Union of South Africa Department of Agriculture Report on Agricultural Education for the Year 1st April, 1918, to 31st March, 1919., Cape Town, South Africa, page 43

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Questions about Broad.

What is Broad. the abbreviation of?
Broad. is the abbreviation of broadcast.

Words near Broad. in the dictionary

  1. broad-spectrum
  2. broad-spectrum antibiotic
  3. broad-spectrum antibiotics
  4. broad-winged hawk
  5. broad-winged hawks
  6. Broad.
  7. broadacre
  8. broadax
  9. broadaxe
  10. broadaxes
  11. broadband

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Broad. (page history and authors); broadcast (page history and authors); broadcasting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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