newscast

English

Etymology

From news +‎ -cast, from broadcast.

Pronunciation

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Noun

newscast (plural newscasts)

  1. (broadcasting, journalism) A broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.
    • 2007 September 18, Simon Romero, “A Radical Gives Bolivia Some Stability”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 14 March 2021:
      Evening newscasts speak of a country on the verge of balkanization.

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Verb

newscast (third-person singular simple present newscasts, present participle newscasting, simple past and past participle newscast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) newscasted)

  1. (transitive) To broadcast the news.
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