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 event, televised by dozens of channels across Serbia, capped a week of Vucic touring towns and villages in an apparent bid to shore up his popularity that's been shaken after almost two years of sustained anti-government protests. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

The game will be televised in California on Fox and will be available nationally via a subscription to NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

The game will be televised on CBS (Channel 5 TV in Kansas City). — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

The energy company will benefit from massive national attention, as a record 34 Sixers games will be nationally televised this season. — Jessica Golden,alex Sherman, CNBC, 28 Sep. 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