TV

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noun

TV

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abbreviation

transvestite

Examples of TV in a Sentence

Noun We need a new TV. Do you want to watch some TV before bed?
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Noun
Date, Time, TV Channel, Live Stream Subscribe to Fubo to watch every game during the World Series, including pre- and postgame coverage. Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025 The streamer does have hits in the tween and teen space, including movie juggernaut KPop Demon Hunters and ongoing series XO, Kitty, produced by Paramount TV Studios, Geek Girl, My Life With the Walter Boys and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025 Tyler was in stable condition after the rescue, according to ABC affiliate WCVB-TV. Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025 Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York. Tom Winter, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025 Also joining the top 10 original series rankings were Netflix’s House of Guinness, which debuted with 526 million minutes, and returnees The Morning Show (458 minutes on Apple TV) and Tulsa King (452 million on Paramount+). Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025 The 2025 Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP will celebrate actors in categories such as Best Actor & Actress, Best Movie for Grownups, Best TV or Limited Series, Best Director, and more. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025 In other scheduling news… * Tamara Braun (Days of Our Lives, General Hospital) will make her Young and the Restless debut as Sienna Bacall on Tuesday, Oct. 14, per the latest issue of TV Guide. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025 Yet this infectious look into the masterful brain of the single mom and former police department cleaning woman — who earned her job as an LAPD crime consultant — propelled the freshman series into one of broadcast TV's few bright spots. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun

television

First Known Use

Noun

1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of TV was in 1945

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“TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TV. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

TV

noun
(ˈ)tē-ˈvē
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