Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The transmission of dynamic or sometimes static images, generally with accompanying sound, via electric or electromagnetic signals.
- n. An electronic apparatus that receives such signals, reproducing the images on a screen, and typically reproducing accompanying sound signals on speakers.
- n. The visual and audio content of such signals.
- n. The industry of producing and broadcasting television programs.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
- n. countable A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.
- n. uncountable Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
- v. neologism, informal To watch television.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
- n. broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
- n. an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
Etymologies
- Borrowing from French télévision. (Wiktionary)
- French télévision : télé-, far (from Greek tēle-, tele-) + vision, vision; see vision. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The latest evidence: For the first time in two decades, the number of U.S. homes with televisions has declined, and Nielsen is now contemplating redefining the term "television households" to include online-only viewing as it grapples with the challenge of TV ratings in a digital world.”
The Huffington Post: Jonathan Spalter: Don't Deny the Mobile Capacity Crunch
“I had one college professor say that a job in television is maybe a good second job.”
“One of the things I like about being a filmmaker and working on “Aqua Teen,” or in television, is that a lot of people think that doing what I do is totally unattainable.”
“I think the representation of reality in television is a very important thing to look at," he said.”
“Furthermore, when the monopoly of the CBC in television is made competitive, then applicants for the rich privilege of entering the television field will be minutely scrutinized concerning their reputations, their financial responsibility, their record of achievement in other creative activities, and their plans for future programs.”
“Perhaps the most curious example of that is the word "television" -- where the Greek word "tele" (meaning "afar") is combined with the Latin word "videre" (to see).”
“Just sitting in front of the television is a way of avoiding conversation; parents do that with their kids all the time.”
“Today's announcement comes 50 years after Minow delivered his often-quoted speech in which he called television "a vast wasteland.”
USA Today: White House details plans for more digital learning
“Feeds are a combination of what we call television and the Internet—everything from personal sites to the official government news services.”
“On the television is a scientist who tells us (in a wonderfully deep and scratchy voice) what horrors await us when the resonator is turned on.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘television’.
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
hurdle, tempo, consortium, caption, mutual understanding, jury, radio, javelin, extra time, boxing, Lander, European and 521 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Band or Brand?
Band names that are also common words or phrases.
genesis, who, beatles, journey, germs, sublime, doors, cars, nirvana, bangles, tool, pixies and 192 more...
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tele-, tel-
of or at a distance; operating over a distance; relating to television; done over the telephone
telemarketing, telekinesis, telemetry, televangelist, telex, telephone, telescope, telescopic, telecast, telegraph, telegraphic, television and 1 more...
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• Bilinguology (with both Latin and G...
English (dictionary*) words with both Latin and Greek components.
"Bilinguology" is not one of those words.
*I love madeupical word, but this list is adopted from angharad and I ...mammalogy, neonatology, television, bicycle, polyamory, actuopalynology, puberphonia, petrophile, anodyspareunia, monolingual, apiology, pulmonologist and 1 more...
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Test words
vacation, tourist, tourist office, travel, read, newspaper, book, magazine, television, music, radio, nightclub and 68 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Junk
walrus, fascination, broadway, fickle, downturn, bridge, gargle, rotunda, mesh, fab, shortlife, strumming and 304 more...
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Tunie: Word Disassociation
(I'm fairly sure that I'm subverting the whole concept of the Tunie by listing this song. Subversion! Yes! HA HA HA HA! Mine is an evil laugh!!!)
Word Disassociation
antidisestablishm..., quickly, ruby, bionic, about, crouch, a cappella, imposter, flames, distraction, murderous, over and 181 more...
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Words grabbed from real life conversa...
If I've seen it, heard it, or marvelled at it, I'll stick it here.
cruft, ermine, redundant, shakespearean, camino, marvelous, stupendous, chagrin, shaven, sleek, smug, stillness and 325 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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savage215's Words
pipe, yankee, knickerbocker, tennis, plasma, magma, volcano, car, truck, television, tv, word and 445 more...
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hifi_del_norte's Words
vegetable, spatula, bang, fluctuate, carnage, simple, audio, hi-fi, empanada, bonnie, gazpacho, memoirs and 108 more...
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The Spectacle
DISTRACT, STARE, CONSUME
(repeat)gongoozler, television, sporting events, blockbuster, alienation, situationist, technocapitalism, media extravaganza, sex scandal, hypnotic behavior, fantastic visions, prime time and 164 more...
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We Didn't Start the Fire
No we didn't light it but we tried to fight it...
Please do comment if you know all the lyrics off by heart. I would love to know.Rock and Roller c..., China's under mar..., hypodermics on th..., Bernie Goetz, crack, AIDS, homeless vets, foreign debts, suicide, heavy metal, Sally Ride, Wheel of Fortune and 106 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 2014 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for television.
bilby "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."
- William Gibson, 'Neuromancer'. Nov 1, 2008
chained_bear Invented in 1783 (not really). Oct 7, 2008
bilby "Television? No good will come of this device. The word is half Greek and half Latin."
- C.P. Scott.
Feb 1, 2008
bilby "I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
- Groucho Marx. Dec 23, 2007
oroboros What if when you watch television you're really watching the back of your own head? Man! Just look at that gross, unpopped, engorged pimple! Aug 16, 2007