Added 6 October 2026
television
/ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/ noun
In Latin: tēlevīsiō First recorded: 1900 Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about television at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
She watched television for over five hours last night.
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An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.
I have an old television in the study.
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Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
fifty-seven channels and nothing on television
verb
- To watch television.
Origin
From tele- + vision; first attested in 1900, probably influenced by French télévision from Constantin Perskyi's 1900 paper that was unpublished but presented at a Paris conference.
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