simulcast
Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has simulcastedperfect 3rd person singular
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has simulcastperfect 3rd person singular
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have simulcastedperfect
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have simulcastperfect
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am simulcastingprogressive 1st person singular
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have been simulcastingperfect progressive
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simulcastingparticiple
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is simulcastingprogressive 3rd person singular
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simulcastssingular 3rd person
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are simulcastingprogressive
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has been simulcastingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
Past
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had simulcastedperfect
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had simulcastperfect
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had been simulcastingperfect progressive
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simulcastedparticiple
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simulcastparticiple
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simulcastedsimple
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were simulcastingprogressive plural
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was simulcastingprogressive singular
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simulcastsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of simulcast
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; simul(taneous) + (broad)cast
Explanation
When a program is shown on two TV channels at the same time, or simultaneously on TV and radio, that's a simulcast. Another kind of simulcast is a live broadcast. You can call a station's broadcast of the Superbowl or the Academy Awards a simulcast, although this is a newer way to use this word. It was coined in the 1940s, during the early days of television, from a portmanteau (or blend) of simultaneous and broadcast, specifically describing shows broadcast on radio and TV at the same time. If a concert is aired on two radio stations at once, that's also a simulcast.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
