televise

verb

tele·​vise ˈte-lə-ˌvīz 

televised; televising

transitive verb

: to broadcast (something, such as a baseball game) by television

intransitive verb

: to broadcast by television

Examples of televise in a Sentence

The same network will televise the tournament next year.

Recent Examples on the Web

All games, preseason and regular season, will be telecast in South Florida — nationally, locally or both — with Local 10 WPLG to televise 66 games, with a Palm Beach affiliate soon to be in place for broadcasts in that market, as well. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

His state trial will not be televised, despite Mangione's legal team previously requesting the court proceedings be live-streamed, according to Vanity Fair reporting. — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026

Throughout the season, games will stream on Peacock on Monday nights, be shown on NBC and Peacock on Tuesdays, be televised by ESPN on Wednesdays, and stream on Prime Video on Fridays. — Brian Mahoney, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Andy Hall, an ESPN communications director, told me that Freedom 250 approached the network last year about televising the event. — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from television

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for televise

• advertise
• aggrandize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize
• butterflies

Kids Definition

televise

verb

tele·​vise ˈtel-ə-ˌvīz 

televised; televising

: to broadcast by television

televised the ball game