Definition of "television" in Englisch

noun

1. (uncountable, broadcasting) An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.

   • She watched the television for over five hours.

2. (countable) 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.

3. (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.

   • fifty-seven channels and nothing on television

4. (uncountable, dated) Vision at a distance.

verb

1. (neologism, informal) To watch television.