# television

Pronunciation: say "TEL-i-vizh-uhn" /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/

## Noun

1. An electronic communication medium that transmits moving images, and often sound, to distant viewers.
   - Simple: A way of sending moving pictures and sound so people far away can watch them.
   - _The debate was broadcast on television to an audience of millions._
   - _Television transformed political campaigns by putting candidates' faces in every living room._
2. An electronic home entertainment device with a screen and speakers that receives broadcast signals and displays them as moving pictures with sound.
   - Simple: A machine with a screen and speakers that you use to watch shows and movies.
   - _She mounted the television on the wall above the fireplace._
   - _The electronics store had dozens of televisions tuned to the same channel._
3. The body of programs broadcast via the medium of television, considered collectively.
   - Simple: The shows and programs that are broadcast for people to watch.
   - _Critics argue that streaming has produced some of the best television of the past decade._
   - _He doesn't watch much television, preferring books and podcasts._
4. The industry that produces and broadcasts TV programs, considered as a business or as a career.
   - Simple: The business of making and showing TV shows, thought of as a place to work or a job.
   - _After a decade as a newspaper reporter, she moved into television as a news producer._
   - _Advertising money has been leaving network television for streaming platforms._

## Noun

5. The ability to see scenes or events as they occur at a distance, beyond the natural reach of sight. *(dated)*
   - Simple: The power to see things that are happening far away.

## Other meanings

- (verb) To watch television.

## Origin

First attested in 1900, formed from tele- and vision, and probably influenced by the French télévision, which came from Constantin Perskyi's 1900 paper, presented at a conference in Paris and later published.

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