Televise

Definition

television /'telÇvÇʒn/ (also Brit infml telly ) n ( abbr TV ) ၁။ (also television set ) [C] ႐ုပ္ျမင္သံၾကားစက္။ a colour/black-and-white television ❍ turn the television set on/off. See also CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION ၂။ [U] ႐ုပ္ျမင္သံၾကားအစီအစဥ္။ spend the evening watching television ❍ a television documentary. ၃။ [U] ႐ုပ္ျမင္ သံၾကား ထုတ္လႊင့္မႈစနစ္။ satellite/cable television ❍ a television camera. ၄။ [U] ႐ုပ္ျမင္သံၾကားဌာန။ a television announcer ❍ She works in television. ❏ on (the) television [ IDM ] ႐ုပ္ျမင္သံၾကားမွေျပာသည္။ The Prime Minister, speaking on television, denied reports that… ❍ Is there anything good on (the) television tonight? ❏ televise /'telÇvaÇz/ v ႐ုပ္ျမင္သံၾကားမွ ထုတ္လႊင့္သည္။ televise the Olympic Games/a novel by Jane Austen ❍ a televised debate/match. v

Examples

1. A colour/black-and-white television
2. They just sit in front of the television all day.
3. [turn on/turn off/switch on/switch off a television] : Kelly switched on the television and stared blankly at the screen.
4. Television was invented by John Logie Baird.
5. [watch television] : I’m tired of sitting around all evening watching television.
6. She works in television.
7. A television programme/series/documentary
8. A television station/channel/network
9. A television producer