television

Etymology

Borrowed from French télévision; tele- +‎ vision.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/, /ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

television (countable and uncountable, plural televisions)

An early television (2)

1. (uncountable) An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.

   It’s a good thing that television doesn’t transmit smell.

2. (countable) A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.

   I have an old television in the study.

3. (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.

   fifty-seven channels and nothing on television

4. (uncountable) Vision at a distance.
   • 1943, Elizabeth Hazelton Haight, Essays on the Greek Romances, Longmans, Green and Co., page 165:

     the magic mirror … which furnished him television of his family and country

Verb

television (third-person singular simple present televisions, present participle televisioning, simple past and past participle televisioned)

1. (neologism, informal) To watch television.

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• olivenites

Noun

television

1. Genitive singular form of televisio.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /teleˈviʒun/

Noun

television

1. television

Etymology

From English television, from tele- +‎ vision.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛlɛvɪˈɧuːn/

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Noun

television c

1. television