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narrowcasting

narrowcasting is the present participle and gerund of narrowcast.

Meaning of narrowcast

Verb

narrowcast (third-person singular simple present narrowcasts, present participle narrowcasting, simple past and past participle narrowcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) narrowcasted)

  1. To transmit a programme to selected individuals or groups, especially via cable.
  2. To send out a message or disseminate information to a specific narrow audience rather than the general public.
    • As much as Israeli media outlets and politicians are narrowcasting their ideologies every day, Israel’s emerging blended society is on full display every night on prime-time TV — an ultra-Orthodox female celebrity chef on one channel, an Israeli Druze female celebrity chef on another, an Israeli...2023 June 6, Thomas L. Friedman, “From Tel Aviv to Riyadh”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  3. To transmit a medical intervention to a specific organ or type of tissue.
    • Cancer therapies can be narrowcasted to the unique genetic signature of a tumor instead of poisoning every dividing cell in the body.2018, Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, →ISBN

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Noun

narrowcasting (uncountable)

  1. The act or practice of narrowcasting.
    • Kelly genuinely believes his views about the relative merits of various therapies are correct. He intends to keep crusading. That means his feelings about medical matters have already jumped the barrier between strategic narrowcasting and mainstream news consumption.2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian

Questions about narrowcasting

What does narrowcasting mean?
Narrowcasting means the act or practice of narrowcasting.
What is narrowcasting the present participle and gerund of?
Narrowcasting is the present participle and gerund of narrowcast.
What part of speech is narrowcasting?
Narrowcasting is a noun.

Words near narrowcasting in the dictionary

  1. narrowbody
  2. narrowcast
  3. narrowcasted
  4. narrowcaster
  5. narrowcasters
  6. narrowcasting
  7. narrowcasts
  8. narrowed
  9. narrowed down
  10. narrowed up
  11. narrower

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