televise

[tel-uh-vahyz]

verb (used with or without object)

televised, televising 

1. to send or receive by television.

televise

/ ˈtɛlɪˌvaɪz /

verb

1. to put (a programme) on television

2. (tr) to transmit (a programme, signal, etc) by television

Other Word Forms

• retelevise verb (used with object)
• untelevised adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of televise¹

First recorded in 1925–30; back formation from television

Example Sentences

Or a recent report in the Washington Post about how the president keeps falling asleep during televised events.

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These honorary Oscars, once part of the televised Academy Awards, were spun off into their own event in 2009.

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“Ukraine is not just a neighboring country for us, it is an inalienable part of our own history,” he said in a televised address made days before his troops marched across the border.

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"We are ready to discuss the suspicions raised by our American colleagues regarding the possibility that we might be secretly doing something deep underground," he told state media in a televised interview.

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In a televised sentencing on Monday, Mr Justice Cavanagh said Lloyd-Hall had carried a knife to feel "powerful" and out of "bravado" - and not for protection, as he had claimed in his trial.

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Related Words

• air 
• announce 
• beam 
• transmit