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  • teletext
    teletext
    noun
    a system that allows viewers having television sets with special decoders to receive signals that display printed information as well as graphics on their screens.
  • Teletext
    Teletext
    noun
    (in Britain, formerly) the ITV teletext service See Ceefax

teletext

American  
[tel-i-tekst] / ˈtɛl ɪˌtɛkst /

noun

Television.
  1. a system that allows viewers having television sets with special decoders to receive signals that display printed information as well as graphics on their screens.


Teletext 1 British  
/ ˈtɛlɪˌtɛkst /

noun

  1. (in Britain, formerly) the ITV teletext service See Ceefax

"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

teletext 2 British  
/ ˈtɛlɪˌtɛkst /

noun

  1. a form of Videotex in which information is broadcast by a television station and received on an adapted television set

"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

Etymology

Origin of teletext

tele- 1 + text

Example Sentences

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Pryor was also one of the paper’s first journalists to produce work through an early form of digital journalism called teletext, said Joe Saltzman, a longtime friend and a USC journalism professor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2023

When live TV matches were still a rarity, people would follow a game on teletext services Ceefax and Oracle.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2015

The package industry seemed destined to go the way of faxes or news on teletext.

From The Guardian Jul. 13, 2013

Manager Peter Taylor watched it confirmed on teletext as their rivals faltered.

From The Guardian Jan. 25, 2013

Time Inc. is also experimenting with a teletext service for cable television.

From Time Magazine Archive

He doubted it would attract any newspaper coverage but hoped his win would garner attention "online and on Teletext".

From BBC Oct. 10, 2024

"I lived in Uganda for the first five years of my life and my brothers made me pick a football team from Teletext," he explained.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2022

The best way to follow scores on a Saturday was by firing up Ceefax or Teletext on your TV.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2022

But that was because I could watch them on Teletext once a day and marvel at the scores, rather than watch every delivery and fail to find something to say about them.

From The Guardian Jan. 5, 2016

At the same time, there was a story on Teletext which said Wycombe had four forwards injured and it seemed people put two and two together and got five.

From The Guardian Jan. 11, 2013

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