channel

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/ˈt͡ʃænəl/

noun 6verb 4name 2

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(noun.) television/radio station

ADJ

radio, television/TV, video | cable, satellite, terrestrial | commercial, independent | movie, sports, etc.

VERB + CHANNEL

change (to), switch (to/over to), tune (in) to

My kids always switch over to the cartoon channel when I'm not watching.

CHANNEL + VERB

broadcast

The sports channel broadcasts all the major football matches every weekend.

PREP

on a/the ~

We watched the news on the local channel every evening during the storm.

(noun.) route for sending information

ADJ

direct, indirect

We found a direct channel to contact the company's manager instead of going through their website.

formal, official

To request time off work, you need to speak to your manager through the formal channel.

informal | appropriate, conventional, normal, proper, right, usual

effective

Social media has become an effective channel for small businesses to reach their customers.

diplomatic

communication, distribution

The company improved its communication channels to help customers contact support more easily.

VERB + CHANNEL

go through, use

When you have a complaint, it's best to use the official channels to report it.

establish, open (up)

The company established a direct channel with customers through their new website.

PREP

through a/the ~

We decided to contact the company through their official customer service channel.

PHRASES

a channel of communication, channels of distribution

(noun.) narrow area of water

ADJ

deep | narrow

drainage, irrigation

The farmers dug drainage channels to prevent water from flooding their fields.

river, water

The narrow channel carried water from the mountain down to the village below.

shipping

Definitions

noun

The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.

The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.

The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.

A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.

European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.

The navigable part of a river.

We were careful to keep our boat in the channel.

A narrow body of water between two land masses.

The English Channel lies between France and England.

Our citizens and our businesses on both sides of the channel need more security and predictability for the future

Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.

The news was conveyed to us by different channels.

But I write to tell you what you will hear through all the various channels by which news travels,...

verb

To make or cut a channel or groove in.

To direct or guide along a desired course.

We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.

The resources channelled to those institutions which showed themselves most adept at formfilling, self-promotion and presentation were inadequate to sustain the quality they claimed.

To serve as a medium for.

She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth.

To follow as a model, especially in a performance.

He was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it.

When it is my turn to sing karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.

noun

The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry t

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Synonyms

noun — a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and con

noun — (often plural) a means of communication or access

line

noun — a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such a

groove

verb — send from one person or place to another

verb — transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

change the channel

To redirect someone’s attention.

Repeated attempts to "change the channel" to pocketbook issues that traditionally favor Democratic candidates have flopped.

Example Bank

The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.

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A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.

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European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.

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We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.

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The resources channelled to those institutions which showed themselves most adept at formfilling, self-promotion and presentation were inadequate to sustain the quality they claimed.

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But the real excitement is to be found in Erith and Thamesmead, where the Blairites in exile are channelling their hopes on Georgia Gould, 22, daughter of Mr Tony's famed pollmeister Philip.

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