{
    "term": "broadcast",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "broadcast",
            "heSheIt": "broadcasts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "broadcast",
        "pastParticiple": "broadcast",
        "ingForm": "broadcasting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to send out programmes on television or radio",
            "sensetop": "broadcast (something)",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The concert will be **broadcast live** *(= at the same time as it takes place)* tomorrow evening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the programmes are broadcast in English."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They began broadcasting in 1922."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The station broadcasts programmes around the world in 43 languages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The event will be broadcast over the internet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He broadcasts his Saturday morning show on the station."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This interview was originally broadcast last Friday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will broadcast live from the ship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a Christmas message broadcast to the nation"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["live", "nationally", "originally"],
                "preposition": ["from", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to tell a lot of people about something",
            "sensetop": "broadcast something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't like to **broadcast the fact** that my father owns the company."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbrɔːdkɑːst/",
                "audio": "br/broadcast/broadcast__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbrɔːdkɑːsts/",
                "audio": "br/broadcast/broadcasts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbrɔːdkɑːstɪŋ/",
                "audio": "br/broadcast/broadcasting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbrɔːdkæst/",
                "audio": "br/broadcast/broadcast__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbrɔːdkæsts/",
                "audio": "br/broadcast/broadcasts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbrɔːdkæstɪŋ/",
                "audio": "br/broadcast/broadcasting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘sown by scattering’): from broad + the past participle of cast ‘throw’. Senses relating to radio and television date from the early 20th cent."
}