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public television

public television noun: noncommercial television broadcast as a public service, often supported by licensing fees.

Noun

public television (uncountable)

  1. Noncommercial television broadcast as a public service, often supported by licensing fees.

Questions about public television

What does public television mean?
Public television means noncommercial television broadcast as a public service, often supported by licensing fees.
What part of speech is public television?
Public television is a noun.

Words near public television in the dictionary

  1. public sphere pedagogy
  2. public spirit
  3. public square
  4. public squares
  5. public telephones
  6. public television
  7. public toilets
  8. public transit
  9. public transits
  10. public transport
  11. public transportation

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