Definition of telecast
: to broadcast a television program
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telecast
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Season 3 will have 16 episodes, the first eight of which will be telecast in the spring, with the other eight shown in the fall after a summer break.
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For the record, the 90th annual Academy Awards will be telecast this year on ABC, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting.
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The younger-skewing network was set to telecast both nights on Wednesday and Thursday as part of its fall launch.
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The younger-skewing network was set to telecast both nights on Oct. 4 and 5 as part of its fall launch.
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Their game against an undefeated Duke team (4-0) at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, opens their Atlantic Coast Conference play and will be telecast by ESPN at 7 p.m. Friday.
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The event will be telecast live at 7 p.m. Tuesday, and on tape delay on the West Coast.
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Larry Herrera Redondo Beach :: Vin Scully’s replacement was musing during a recent Dodgers telecast about things to come through modern technology.
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The Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be telecast at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 on FXX.
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Origin and Etymology of telecast
tele- + broadcast
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First Known Use: 1928
in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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Definition of telecast for English Language Learners
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: to broadcast (a program) by television
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