televise
/ˈtɛlɪvʌɪz
/verb [with object] (usually as adjective televised)
Record for or transmit by television: a live televised debate between the party leaders...
- That these debates are televised and recorded for posterity are implicit in a democracy.
- Crowds of 80,000 watched at Wembley and the event was televised for the first time by the BBC.
- In recent years, their expertise now produces televised cricket in India.
Synonyms
broadcast, screen, air, telecast, simulcast;
transmit, relay
Derivatives
televisable
- News has to meet strict criteria of being televisable and high impact.
- The producer, who recognized a televisable situation when he heard one, devised the show on the spot.
- Gliding is a sport that is not easily televisable, short of putting the camera in a very high altitude plane, to get a view with something to provide context.
Origin
1920s: back-formation from television.