(abbreviation TV) noun
1 (also television set) (also BrE informal telly) [C] a piece of electrical equipment with a screen on which you can watch programmes with moving pictures and sounds:
a colour television * to turn the television on / off
2 (also BrE informal telly) [U] the programmes broadcast on television:
We don't do much in the evenings except watch television.
3 [U] the system, process or business of broadcasting television programmes:
satellite / terrestrial / digital television * the television news * a television series / documentary * a television company / presenter * I'd like to work in television (= for a television company).
seealsoCABLETELEVISION, CLOSED-CIRCUITTELEVISION
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on (the) television (also informal on TV) (also BrE informal on the telly) being broadcast by television; appearing in a television programme:
What's on television tonight? * Is there anything good on the telly tonight? * It was on TV yesterday. * I recognize you. Aren't you on television?
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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