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- pronunciation:
- te
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the process of transmitting visual images in the form of electromagnetic waves over distances to be seen on a screen. (abbr.: TV)
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| definition 2: |
a set with its screen for receiving such images.
- similar words:
- tube
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| definition 3: |
the field of television broadcasting; television industry.
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| related words: |
cable, press |
adjective + (n.)television
black-and-white, closed-circuit, digital, flickering, honored, independent, interactive, investigative, live, national, nationwide, nightly, portable, public, syndicated, tabloid, weekly, worldwide
verb + (n.)television
advertise, air, broadcast, cable, film, flick, glue, star, tape, unfold, watch
(n.)television
+ verb
beam, blare, flicker, print, program, transmit, tune
noun + (n.)television
advent, advertiser, briefing, cable, cinema, daytime, entertainment, film, half-hour, magazine, movie, newspaper, prime-time, print, radio, satellite, staple, telephone
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The word television
contains the following parts:
tele, tel, telo
Greek
root
that means distance, end
  Example words:
telecommunication, teleconference, telegenic, telegram, telegraph, telekinesis, telemetry, telencephalon, teleology, telepathy, telephone, telephoto, telephotography, telescope, telesis, telesthesia, telestich, teletypewriter, television
vid, vis, -vise
Latin
root
that means see
Example words:
envision, evidence, evident, invisible, provide, provision, revise, television, video, visible, vision, visionary, visor, visual
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
ablation, abrasion, accession, action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, compassionate, conclusion, condition, confusion, congestion, construction, direction, diction, dictionary, exclusion, expedition, fusion, illusion, immersion, incision, interaction, inquisition, mission, nation, omission, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, rendition, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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