broadcasts

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of broadcast.

   The network broadcasts the championship game across the entire country.

   She broadcasts her live show from a small studio downtown.

   Note

   The verb usually takes an object: the network broadcasts the game, and a mail server broadcasts a message to a whole list. It can also stand alone when it means appearing on air, so a presenter who broadcasts every evening needs no object. The farming sense, sowing seed across a field, is archaic. A farmer who "broadcasts" seed today is reaching for an old-fashioned word.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of broadcast.

   Wartime broadcasts kept distant families informed about the fighting.

   The station archived decades of its news broadcasts on tape.

   Note

   The plural covers both the act and the thing. Broadcasts can be the transmissions going out over the air, or the programmes themselves, from news bulletins to documentaries. The same spelling is also the present-tense verb, so the word order tells you which one you have: "the station's broadcasts" names programmes, while "the station broadcasts" describes it sending them out.

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