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broadcasting

US/ˈbɹɔdkæstɪŋ/

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cot caught merger/ˈbɹɑdkæstɪŋ/

broadcasting adjective: sending in all directions. Also the present participle and gerund of broadcast.

Adjective

broadcasting (not comparable)

  1. Sending in all directions.

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

Also used as

broadcasting is also the present participle and gerund of broadcast.

broadcasting meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

broadcasting in Hindi

business or profession of radio and television
प्रसारण prasāraṇ

broadcasting in Tamil

business or profession of radio and television
ஒலிபரப்பு oliparappu

broadcasting in Marathi

प्रसारणे

broadcasting in Urdu

business or profession of radio and television
نَشْرِیّات naśriyyāt
More languagesFewer languages
broadcasting in Bengali
সম্প্রচার śomprocar
broadcasting in Gujarati
બ્રોડકાસ્ટિંગ
broadcasting in Arabic
إِذَاعَة ʔiḏāʕa
broadcasting in Malay
penyiaran

Forms of broadcasting

pluralbroadcastings

Words formed from broadcasting

Questions about broadcasting

What does broadcasting mean?
Broadcasting means sending in all directions.
What is broadcasting in Hindi?
Broadcasting in Hindi is प्रसारण (prasāraṇ). See Broadcasting meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is broadcasting?
Broadcasting can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce broadcasting?
Broadcasting is pronounced /ˈbɹɔdkæstɪŋ/ (US).

Words near broadcasting in the dictionary

  1. broadcastability
  2. broadcastable
  3. broadcasted
  4. broadcaster
  5. broadcasters
  6. broadcasting
  7. broadcastings
  8. broadcastress
  9. broadcastresses
  10. broadcasts
  11. broadcloth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: broadcasting (page history and authors); broadcasting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); broadcasting (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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