26984 words

television

4 definitions • 19 examples
1
a device shaped like a box with a screen that receives electrical signals and changes them into moving images and sound, or the method or business of sending images and sound by electrical signals:

Examples:

a 3D/an HD television
Could you turn the television down?
It's one of the few television programmes that I still watch.
Is there anything good on television tonight?
Clare has worked in television since she left college.
Your problem is that you watch too much television.
2

Examples:

[ C ] Most homes have televisions.
3
Television is also the programs that you watch, or the business of broadcasting them:

Examples:

[ U ] Is there anything interesting on television tonight?
[ U ] Your problem is that you watch too much television.
4
a system of broadcasting images and sound using electrical signals, and the programmes that are shown:

Examples:

on (the) television Consumer programmes on the television have enjoyed a rise in popularity.
The ads were first shown on television five years ago.
watch television How much television does the average American watch a week?
It was broadcast on live television.
The company has combined online services with interactive television for the mass market.
national/local/network television
television advertising/advertisements/commercials
a television network/channel/station
television audiences/viewers

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