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TV

1 American  
[tee-vee, tee-] / ˈtiˈvi, ˌti- /

noun

TVs plural
  1. television.


TV 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. transvestite.


TV 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. television

  2. transvestite

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tv 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Tuvalu

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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BBC Sport's TV and radio football pundits and co-commentators have predicted what will happen over the next five weeks, and we have asked AI and Opta's 'supercomputer' for their picks too.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

It’s not in the Apple TV app at all.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

But within this current crop of TV movies and series, many novelists have been content to serve in a consultant capacity and leave the scripts to the screenwriters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Those “needle drops” on the soundtracks of TV series are intended to reflect the mood, the plot, or the interior life of the characters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Football players had Time Out, too; he saw it on TV when his daddy watched the Patriots.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

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