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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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They included Good Afternoon and Afternoon Plus, the latter of which featured among other things the first TV appearances by Dame Mary Berry, who was then cookery editor of Home and Freezer Digest.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

It was an evolution of techniques used in the TV series that first introduced the world to Grogu.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

He also expressed his concerns about the state of reality TV in a letter to the Times on Friday.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The former reality TV star’s campaign made 10 separate payments to the L.A. hotel over the period, including nearly $14,900 earmarked for “Candidate Travel, Lodging and Meals” and an additional approximately $600 for “Fundraising Events.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

“An office for what? All he does is come home and watch TV until he falls asleep in a puddle of his own drool.”

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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