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newscast

newscast noun: a broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.

Noun

newscast (plural newscasts)

  1. A broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.
    • Evening newscasts speak of a country on the verge of balkanization.2007 September 18, Simon Romero, “A Radical Gives Bolivia Some Stability”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2021

Verb

newscast (third-person singular simple present newscasts, present participle newscasting, simple past and past participle newscast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) newscasted)

  1. (transitive) To broadcast the news.

newscast meaning in Urdu and Malay

newscast in Urdu

broadcast of news
خبرنامہ xabarnāma

newscast in Malay

broadcast of news
siaran berita

Forms of newscast

Noun
pluralnewscasts
Verb
third-person singular presentnewscasts
present participlenewscasting
past participlenewscast
pastnewscast
past participle common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimesnewscasted
past common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimesnewscasted

Plural of newscast: newscasts

Origin of newscast

From news + -cast, from broadcast.

Questions about newscast

What does newscast mean?
Newscast means a broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.
What is newscast in Urdu?
Newscast in Urdu is خبرنامہ (xabarnāma). See Newscast meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is newscast?
Newscast can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of newscast?
The plural of newscast is newscasts.

Words near newscast in the dictionary

  1. newsboy cap
  2. newsboy caps
  3. newsboys
  4. newsbreak
  5. newsbreaks
  6. newscast
  7. newscasted
  8. newscaster
  9. newscasters
  10. newscasting
  11. newscastress

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