Inflected forms: broad·cast or broad·cast·ed, broad·cast·ing, broad·casts
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To transmit (a radio or television program) for public or general use. 2. To send out or communicate, especially by radio or television: The agency broadcast an urgent appeal for medical supplies.3. To make known over a wide area: broadcast rumors. See synonyms at announce. 4. To sow (seed) over a wide area, especially by hand.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1a. To transmit a radio or television program for public or general use. b. To be on the air: The station begins broadcasting at 6 a.m.2. To participate in a radio or television program. 3. To send a transmission or signal; transmit.
NOUN:
1. Transmission of a radio or television program or signal for public use. 2a. A radio or television program: watched the morning news broadcast.b. The duration of such a program. 3. The act of scattering seed.
ADJECTIVE:
1a. Communicated by means of television or radio. b. Of or relating to television or radio communications: broadcast journalism; the print and broadcast media.2. Widely known. 3. Scattered over a wide area.