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

Kansas State’s homecoming contest against Nebraska is the second college football game ever televised, after the Fordham-Waynesburg contest in New York earlier this fall. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Game 6 will be televised on USA Network and stream on Peacock. — David K. Li, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2026

In order to televise the men’s game — Bill Raftery will be the analyst — Fox is eliminating one of its NFL pregame shows that Sunday. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Barrymore will host this year’s competition, which will air live on CBS and Paramount+ on November 23, marking the first time the program has been televised on a broadcast network since 2014, Deadline has confirmed. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 Oct. 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