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

Wednesday night’s semis in Arthur Ashe Stadium and televised on ESPN could have featured eight players who are relatively unknown to casual tennis fans. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Similar to O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races being televised exclusively on the CW Network, the Truck Series also has a media rights deal with a single outlet, Fox Sports. — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

The game will be televised locally on CBS 4, as well as on NBC 5 in Palm Beach, CW 6 in Fort Myers and ABC 9 in Orlando. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

The network did not air the competitions last year as a result of changes to their ownership, marking the first time that the Miss USA event was not televised since 1965. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 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