broadcast Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun message that is transmitted by radio or television
  2. noun a radio or television show
    program; programme.
    • did you see his program last night?
  3. verb broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
    beam; transmit; send; air.
    • We cannot air this X-rated song
  4. verb sow over a wide area, especially by hand
    • broadcast seeds
  5. verb cause to become widely known
    circularise; disseminate; distribute; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse; circulate.
    • spread information
    • circulate a rumor
    • broadcast the news

WordNet

Broad"cast` noun
Definitions
  1. (Agric.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
Broad"cast` adjective
Definitions
  1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
  2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
Broad"cast` adverb
Definitions
  1. So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.

Webster 1913