television
/'teli,viʤn/
Definition
- Noun:
- An electronic device: A piece of equipment that receives broadcast signals and converts them into moving pictures and sound on a screen. It is commonly called a TV.
- A telecommunication system: The technology, industry, and infrastructure used for transmitting and receiving moving images and sound over a distance.
- The content or medium: The programs, broadcasts, or the institution of broadcasting itself.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Device):
- We bought a new television for the living room.
- The television is too loud; please turn it down.
- Noun (System/Medium):
- Television has changed how people get news.
- She works in television as a news producer.
Advanced Usage
- "On television": Being broadcast or appearing in a TV program.
- The president's speech will be on television tonight.
- I saw that actor on television last week.
- "Television of/that...": Used to specify the nature or quality of broadcast content (often critical).
- He criticized the television of the 1990s for being too commercial.
Variants and Related Words
- Televise (verb): To broadcast by television.
- The network will televise the championship game.
- Televisionary (adjective, rare): Relating to or characteristic of television.
- Telly (noun, chiefly British, informal): A television set.
- What's on the telly tonight?
Synonyms
- TV (noun, informal): The common abbreviation for television.
- Boob tube (noun, slang, chiefly US): A derogatory or humorous term for a television.
- The small screen (noun): A term for television, especially when contrasted with film ("the big screen").
Related Phrases
- Cable television: A system of providing television programming via coaxial or fiber-optic cables.
- Satellite television: Television service delivered via communications satellites.
- Digital television: Television broadcasting using digital signals.
Related Idioms
- "Goggle-box" (noun, British informal): A humorous term for a television set.
- He spends all evening in front of the goggle-box.
- "Armchair critic": A person who offers opinions on events (often seen on television) without direct involvement or expertise.
- After watching the debate, every armchair critic had an opinion.
Noun
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an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
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the British call a tv set a telly
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a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
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broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
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she is a star of screen and video
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Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done - Ernie Kovacs
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