broadcast.
Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.
Meaning & usage
Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.
The seed was broadcast, not drilled.
Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means.
Relating to transmissions of messages or signals to many people through radio waves or electronic means.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.
Widely in all directions; abroad.
By having its seeds sown over a wide area.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.
A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.
A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted.
The DJ was feeling nervous before his first national broadcast.
The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.
To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
To transmit a message over a wide area.
To transmit a message over a wide area. To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.
To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme.
To sow seeds over a wide area.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.
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