television

Speech parts

1. television - Noun

2. television - Verb

Meaning

(uncountable) An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
It's a good thing that television doesn't transmit smell.

(uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
fifty-seven channels and nothing on television

(uncountable, dated) Vision at a distance.

television (third-person singular simple present televisions, present participle televisioning, simple past and past participle televisioned)

(neologism, informal) To watch television.

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Examples

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. John Lennon

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. Groucho Marx

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television. Gore Vidal

I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise? Federico Fellini

The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube. Norman Mailer

Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. Ann Landers

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