channels Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun official routes of communication
- you have to go through channels
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noun a path over which electrical signals can pass
transmission channel; channel.
- a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company
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noun a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
channel.
- the fields were crossed with irrigation channels
- gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street
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noun a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
groove; channel.
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noun a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
channel.
- the ship went aground in the channel
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noun (often plural) a means of communication or access
line; communication channel; channel.
- it must go through official channels
- lines of communication were set up between the two firms
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noun a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
duct; canal; epithelial duct; channel.
- the tear duct was obstructed
- the alimentary canal
- poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs
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noun a television station and its programs
TV channel; television channel; channel.
- a satellite TV channel
- surfing through the channels
- they offer more than one hundred channels
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noun a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
channel; distribution channel.
- possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores
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verb transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
impart; carry; convey; conduct; transmit; channel.
- Sound carries well over water
- The airwaves carry the sound
- Many metals conduct heat
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verb direct the flow of
canalise; canalize; channel.
- channel information towards a broad audience
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verb send from one person or place to another
transfer; channelise; transport; transmit; channelize; channel.
- transmit a message