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

The interview will air in several parts beginning Wednesday night, and a separate segment will be televised on Sunday’s Super Bowl LX pre-game show. —Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026

The league televised Goodell’s press conference on NFL Network on Monday evening. —Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026

The game will be televised on SEC Network. —Ethan Westerman, Arkansas Online, 1 Feb. 2026

Besides Comet, Neal and Zaida, entrants include Soleil, a Belgian sheepdog who won the National Dog Show televised last Thanksgiving Day, and a Lhasa apso called JJ, who triumphed at the huge AKC National Championship that aired in late December. —Jennifer Peltz, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from television

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for televise

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

Kids Definition

televise

verb

tele·​vise ˈtel-ə-ˌvīz 

televised; televising

: to broadcast by television

televised the ball game