Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to broadcast
Participle: broadcast
Gerund: broadcasting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | broadcast |
| you | broadcast |
| he;she;it | broadcasts |
| we | broadcast |
| you | broadcast |
| they | broadcast |
Perfect
| I | have broadcast |
| you | have broadcast |
| he;she;it | has broadcast |
| we | have broadcast |
| you | have broadcast |
| they | have broadcast |
Past
| I | broadcast |
| you | broadcast |
| he;she;it | broadcast |
| we | broadcast |
| you | broadcast |
| they | broadcast |
Pluperfect
| I | had broadcast |
| you | had broadcast |
| he;she;it | had broadcast |
| we | had broadcast |
| you | had broadcast |
| they | had broadcast |
Future
| I | will broadcast |
| you | will broadcast |
| he;she;it | will broadcast |
| we | will broadcast |
| you | will broadcast |
| they | will broadcast |
Future Perfect
| I | will have broadcast |
| you | will have broadcast |
| he;she;it | will have broadcast |
| we | will have broadcast |
| you | will have broadcast |
| they | will have broadcast |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | broadcast |
| you | broadcast |
| he;she;it | broadcast |
| we | broadcast |
| you | broadcast |
| they | broadcast |
Perfect
| I | have broadcast |
| you | have broadcast |
| he;she;it | have broadcast |
| we | have broadcast |
| you | have broadcast |
| they | have broadcast |
Imperfect
| I | broadcast |
| you | broadcast |
| he;she;it | broadcast |
| we | broadcast |
| you | broadcast |
| they | broadcast |
Pluperfect
| I | had broadcast |
| you | had broadcast |
| he;she;it | had broadcast |
| we | had broadcast |
| you | had broadcast |
| they | had broadcast |
Conditional
Present
| I | would broadcast |
| you | would broadcast |
| he;she;it | would broadcast |
| we | would broadcast |
| you | would broadcast |
| they | would broadcast |
Perfect
| I | would have broadcast |
| you | would have broadcast |
| he;she;it | would have broadcast |
| we | would have broadcast |
| you | would have broadcast |
| they | would have broadcast |
Imperative
| you | broadcast |
| we | Let's broadcast |
| you | broadcast |
Verbs conjugated like 'broadcast'
beset,
broadcast,
burst,
bust,
cost,
crosscut,
cut,
forecast,
hit,
hurt,
inset,
let,
misread,
overset,
overspread,
put,
read,
rebroadcast,
recut,
relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'broadcast'
rebroadcast,
breakfast,
dropcast,
godcast,
Godcast,
podcast,
roadtest,
robocast,
sodcast,
vodcast,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.?
3. Proto-Germanic *braidaz
4. Proto-West Germanic *braid
5. Old English brād
6. Middle English brod
7. English broad
8. Proto-Germanic *kas-
9. Proto-Germanic *kastōną
10. Old Norse kastabor.
11. Middle English casten
12. English cast
13. English broadcast
14. From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.
Verbs referencing "broadcast"
Norwegian
kringkaste, Norwegian, nynorsk
kringkaste.
Sample Sentences
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When the boys reached the business section of Bayport they found that Jackley's confession had already become known. The local radio station had broadcast it in the afternoon news program and people everywhere were discussing it. [1927 June 1, Franklin W. Dixon [pseudonym: Leslie McFarlane], “A Surprise”, in The Tower Treasure (The Hardy Boys; no. 1), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:]
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Practicing vocational service to the limit of one's vision makes a difference whether an employer regards his employees as "robots or human beings"; it makes a difference in the kind of advertisements he publishes or broadcasts; it makes a difference how he reacts under pressure from a competitor; it makes a difference in the quality of his service. [1967 January, “Four Avenues of Service”, in Adventure in Service (Pamphlet [Rotary International]; 52), Evanston, Ill.; Zurich: Rotary International, →OCLC, page 69:]
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The TV is broadcasting a FUZZY PICTURE that shows the weatherman from WVII, the Bango ABC affiliate. [1999 February, Stephen King, Storm of the Century, trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, act 3, page 175:]
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The state of Rhode Island was the scene, on October 30, 1974, of yet another scare involving an adaptation of The War of the Worlds. Broadcast on radio station WPRO, Providence, the drama frightened listeners across the state. The play began with reporters covering a "meteor crash" near Jamestown, the purported Martian landing site. […] City fire stations and other radio and TV outlets reported being inundated with inquiries from anxious callers, as was WPRO, which received more than a hundred calls. [2005, Robert E. Bartholomew, “Introduction”, in H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The War of the Worlds, New York, N.Y.: Cosimo Books, →ISBN, page 8:]
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The Royal Shakespeare Company will today become the first theatre in the UK to broadcast Shakespeare direct into schools. A production of Richard II, starring David Tennant in the title role, is going to be streamed free of charge into classrooms up and down the country. [2013 November 15, “Shakespeare broadcast direct into schools for first time”, in ITV News, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2017:]
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I wanna tell you things and show you all the rest / Broadcast my emotions on the radio and take them off my chest / I hope you're listening / Are you? Are you? [2020, Ava Max, Sorana, Roland Spreckley, Henri Antero Salonen, Cirkut, Jason Gill, “OMG What's Happening”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max:]
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The break with imperialism and the liberation of Russia from the predatory war, the publication of the secret treaties and the solemn abrogation of the policy of seizing foreign soil, the proclamation of national freedom and the recognition of the independence of Finland, the declaration of Russia as a "Federation of Soviet National Republics" and the militant battle-cry of a resolute struggle against imperialism broadcast all over the world by the Soviet government in millions of pamphlets, newspapers, and leaflets in the mother tongues of the peoples of the East and West—all this could not fail to have its effect on the enslaved East and the bleeding West. [[1934], Joseph Stalin, “The October Revolution and the National Question”, in The October Revolution: A Collection of Articles & Speeches (Marxist Library), London: Martin Lawrence, →OCLC, section III (The International Importance of the October Revolution), pages 15–16:]
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However, truth and lies can usually be confirmed or denied by speaking with eyewitnesses of events in order to verify what took place. The amount of time separating the event in question from when it was broadcasted also makes a difference. [2014, Greg[ory J.] Monette, The Wrong Jesus: Fact, Belief, Legend, Truth ... Making Sense of What You’ve Heard, Colorado Springs, Colo.: NavPress in alliance with Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, page 178:]
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Urban legend has it that someone is monitoring all those e-mails broadcast from your work address. Hard to imagine a more boring job but the truth is, and I shouldn't have to tell people this, the record of those e-mails is in a server somewhere and it can be monitored. [2016, Richard A. Moran, “That Permanent Record”, in The Thing about Work: Showing Up and Other Important Matters: A Worker’s Manual, Brookline, Mass.: Bibliomotion, →ISBN:]
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She [Françoise Dolto] is most well known in France for her broadcasts on France-Inter, Lorsque l'enfant parait; she broadcasted for twelve minutes every day of the week for two years, answering parents' questions. [2009, Sian Morgan, “Françoise Dolto: A Biography”, in Guy Hall, Francoise Hivernel, Sian Morgan, editors, Theory and Practice in Child Psychoanalysis: An Introduction to the Work of Françoise Dolto, London: Karnac Books, →ISBN, page 22:]
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I ſhall content myſelf, […] to ſay that the ſeed ſhoud be ſown in the garden, or very good ground, in rows, or broadcaſt, and as ſoon as the plants are of the ſize of a gooſe-quill, to be tranſplanted in rows of eighteen inches diſtance, and eighteen inches apart, one plant from the other: […] [1789, Thomas Boothby Parkyns, “Some Account of the Racine de Disette, or Root of Scarcity, of Its Utility, and the Mode of Treating It; from a Letter of Thomas Boothby Parkyns, Esq., Addressed to the Secretary of the above-mentioned Society [the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce].—From the Same Work [vol. 5 of the Transactions of the Society].”, in The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature, London: Printed for J[ames] Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, →OCLC, page 80, column 1:]
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I wanted to grow my own cut flowers for the big day so three months earlier I broadcasted an annual seed mix across a few recently cleared borders. [2013 November 9, Sarah Price, “Breathing new life into an old garden [print edition: New life, old garden]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), London, archived from the original on 15 May 2016, page G1:]