television

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
2. (countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.
3. (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
4. (dated, uncountable) Vision at a distance.

Verb

To watch television.

Synonyms

TV

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television set

boob tube

telly

television receiver

idiot box

tv set

video

TV set

tv

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goggle box

small screen

television system

T.V.

telecasting

televisional

picture receiver

radiotelevisor

vision receiver

teleset

B plot

A plot

teev

BAFTA

mediasphere

televeef

box

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telly

etc.

on-screen

press

telescreen

television screen

televisor

tube

turn off

the box

the tube

radiovision

teevee

mass media

radio

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Translations

télévision

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televisión

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televisione

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televisie

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Fernsehen

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τηλεόραση

televisão

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televisió

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televisio

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televisor

Fernseher

télé

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téléviseur

televizyon

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/

Etymology

From tele- + vision; first attested in 1900, probably influenced by French télévision from Constantin Perskyi's 1900 paper that was unpublished but presented at a Paris conference.

Sentences

Television can make you dumb , but it can also be good education .

He regularly appears in print , on the radio and on television .

He made occasional appearances on the television series " All Saints ".

Shorter works and television productions are listed separately .

Henwood occasionally interviews on other radio and television programs .

A stylised peacock in full display is the logo for the Pakistan Television Corporation .