podcast
Syllables: pod·cast/ˈpɒdˌkɑːst/US/ˈpɑdˌkæst/
podcast noun: a program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
Noun
podcast (plural podcasts)
- A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
- There's no restriction for what a podcast should and should not be. Of course, if you cover all these topics and more, you may find it harder to find an audience than if you focus on a narrower range and cover it well. Finding listeners is simpler if your podcast can be summarized in a sentence....2007, Andy [J. Williams] Affleck, “Plan Your Podcast”, in Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac, Berkeley, Calif.: Peachpit Press, →ISBN; republished in “Plan Your Podcast”, in Take Control of...
- Try listening to a mix of well-known podcasts. You'll soon find that the best always feature hosts that have their own unique voice.2016, Matthew Anniss, Create Your Own Podcast, Capstone, →ISBN, page 20
- Synonyms:
- blogcast
- An individual episode of such a program.
Verb
podcast (third-person singular simple present podcasts, present participle podcasting, simple past and past participle podcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) podcasted)
- To deliver (information) in the form of a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
- To deliver a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
podcast meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
podcast in Hindi
- type of audio program
- पॉडकास्ट pŏḍkāsṭ, कोशसत्र kośsatra
podcast in Tamil
- வலையொலி, வலைபரப்பு, ஒலியோடை, கருத்தொலி, இணையவழி பரப்பல்
podcast in Marathi
- पॉडकास्ट, पॉडकॅस्ट, पोडकास्ट
podcast in Urdu
- type of audio program
- پوڈْکاسْٹ poḍkāsṭ, پوڈ نَشَر poḍ naśar
More languagesFewer languages
- podcast in Bengali
- পডকাস্ট poḍokasṭ
- podcast in Telugu
- పోడ్కాస్ట్, పాడ్కాస్ట్, పాడ్క్యాస్ట్
- podcast in Malayalam
- പോഡ്കാസ്റ്റ്
- podcast in Kannada
- ಪಾಡ್ಕ್ಯಾಸ್ಟ್, ಪೋಡ್ಕಾಸ್ಟ್, ಪಾಡ್ಕಾಸ್ಟ್
- podcast in Punjabi
- ਪੋਡਕਾਸਟ, ਪੌਡਕਾਸਟ, ਪਡਕਾਸਟ
- podcast in Gujarati
- પોડકાસ્ટ, પૉડકાસ્ટ, પોડ્કાસ્ટ
- podcast in Odia
- ପୋଡକାଷ୍ଟ, ପଡକାଷ୍ଟ, ପଡକାସ୍ଟ
- podcast in Nepali
- पोडकास्ट, पॉडकास्ट, पोड्कास्ट
- podcast in Arabic
- بُودْكَاسْت m پُودْكَاسْت būdkāst, بَثّ صَوْتِيّ baṯṯ ṣawtiyy, تَدْوِين صَوْتِيّ tadwīn ṣawtiyy
- podcast in Malay
- audio siar, video siar, siniar
- podcast in Indonesian
- siniar
- podcast in Thai
- พอดแคสต์ pɔ̀ɔt-kɛ́ɛs, พอดคาสต์ pɔ̀ɔt-káas
- podcast in Myanmar
- ပေါ့တ်ကာစ် paut.kac
Examples of podcast in a sentence
- She received a cease-and-desist from his solicitors soon after the podcast.
- The podcast has a separate sponsor-free RSS feed for paying listeners.
- All of which means, like it or not, visualised podcasts—or vodcasts, as some are calling them—are happening.
Synonyms of podcast
Forms of podcast
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | podcasts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | podcasts |
| present participle | podcasting |
| past participle | podcast |
| past | podcast |
| past participle common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | podcasted |
| past common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | podcasted |
Origin of podcast
Blend of iPod (“portable music player made by Apple”) + broadcast, probably coined by the British technologist and broadcaster Ben Hammersley (born 1976) who proposed the word podcasting in 2004.
Words formed from podcast
Questions about podcast
- What does podcast mean?
- Podcast means a program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
- What is podcast in Hindi?
- Podcast in Hindi is पॉडकास्ट (pŏḍkāsṭ), कोशसत्र (kośsatra). See Podcast meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is podcast?
- Podcast can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce podcast?
- Podcast is pronounced /ˈpɒdˌkɑːst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of podcast?
- The plural of podcast is podcasts.
Words near podcast in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: podcast (page history and authors); podcast (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); podcast (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); podcast (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); podcast (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); podcast (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); podcast (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); podcast (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); podcast (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); podcast (Nepali, 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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