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telecast


tele·cast

verb \ˈte-li-ˌkast\
tele·cast also tele·cast·edtele·cast·ing

Definition of TELECAST

transitive verb
: to broadcast by television
intransitive verb
: to broadcast a television program
— telecast noun
— tele·cast·er noun
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Origin of TELECAST

tele- + broadcast
First Known Use: 1937

Rhymes with TELECAST

acid-fast, captain's mast, chiliast, cineast, colorfast, flabbergast, fore-topmast, hard-and-fast, main-topmast, mizzenmast, opencast, overcast, pederast, phase-contrast, plaster cast, rebroadcast, scholiast, simulcast, weathercast

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