television

Study(28)

/ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/

noun 4verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

cable, closed-circuit, digital, high-definition, satellite, terrestrial | commercial, state | local, national

live

We watched the concert on live television last night and it was amazing.

black-and-white, colour | portable

VERB + TELEVISION

watch

My parents usually watch television after dinner while I do my homework.

TELEVISION + VERB

broadcast sth, screen sth

The local television station broadcast the football match live last Saturday evening.

TELEVISION + NOUN

appearance

The actor's television appearance last night attracted millions of viewers across the country.

career

coverage, exposure

The scandal got massive television exposure when the news channels broadcast the investigation.

adaptation

The BBC created an excellent television adaptation of Jane Austen's famous book last year.

PREP

in ~

My uncle spent thirty years in television before he retired last year.

in front of the ~

My children often fall asleep in front of the television during afternoon naps.

on ~

My children watched their favorite cartoon on television every Saturday morning.

Definitions

noun

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

She watched the television for over five hours.

An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.

I have an old television in the study.

Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.

fifty-seven channels and nothing on television

Vision at a distance.

Half an hour with the manager of Faith Brothers had had the effect of studding the sergeant's habitual simplicity of words and phrases with amazing jewels of technicality. He talked gladly of "lines" and "repeats" and similar profundities, so that Grant had, through his bulk, in a queer television a vivid picture of the manager himself.

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

verb

To watch television.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an electronic device that receives television signals and di

noun — broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects

telecasting
tv
video

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

She watched the television for over five hours.

Wiktionary

I have an old television in the study.

Wiktionary

fifty-seven channels and nothing on television

Wiktionary

The profane language used on network television makes many parents with young children not want to subscribe to cable.

Tatoeba · #1960

Do you know how high the television tower is?

Tatoeba · #16811

I make it a rule not to watch television after nine o'clock.

Tatoeba · #18400

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, television is marked as dated, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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