# broadcasting

Pronunciation: US say "BRAWD-kas-ting" /ˈbɹɔdkæstɪŋ/; UK say "BRAWD-kahs-ting" /ˈbɹɔːdkɑːstɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The business or profession concerned with producing and transmitting radio and television.
   - Simple: The industry that makes and sends out radio and television programs.
   - _After two decades in broadcasting, she moved into film production._
   - _The collapse of advertising revenue hit broadcasting hard that year._
2. The act or process of transmitting a program or signal to an audience.
   - Simple: The act of sending out a program over radio, TV, or the internet.
   - _The broadcasting of the ceremony required three satellite uplinks._
   - _Continuous broadcasting throughout the night kept listeners informed during the storm._
5. The agricultural practice of spreading seed by scattering it across a wide area.
   - Simple: A way of planting where seeds are spread loosely over a wide area.
   - _Broadcasting saved hours compared with drilling each seed individually._
   - _The gardener preferred broadcasting for wildflower meadows over precise planting._

## Verb

3. Present participle of broadcast. — present participle and gerund of broadcast
   - Simple: Present participle of broadcast. Use this form for something happening right now.
   - _Several networks are broadcasting the launch simultaneously._
   - _While broadcasting from the war zone, the reporter kept her voice steady._

## Adjective

4. Directed outward in all directions at once rather than toward a single target.
   - Simple: Going out in every direction at the same time.
   - _The system relies on a broadcasting transmission that any nearby device can receive._
   - _Engineers favored a broadcasting approach over point-to-point links for the alert network._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/broadcasting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).