channelnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtʃæn.əl/us/ˈtʃæn.əl/channel noun [ C ] (TELEVISION)
A2 a television station:
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- The commentary on the Olympic games was much better on the other channel.
- Press this button and the video will automatically tune itself to the next channel.
- Where's the gadget that you change channels with?
- This channel is only available on cable.
- We really don't need a dedicated sports channel as we don't watch much sport.
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Broadcasting: television
- aerial
- autotune
- best boy
- boob tube
- breakfast television
- broadcast
- goggle-box
- HD
- HDTV
- high def
- high def
- plasma screen
- receiver
- reception
- reveal
- smart TV
- square-eyed
- telegenic
- Teletext
- television
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channel noun [ C ] (PASSAGE)
a passage for water or other liquids to flow along, or a part of a river or other area of water that is deep and wide enough to provide a route for ships to travel along:
the area of sea that separates England from France:
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- The rain ran down a small channel into the river.
- We swam through the channel into the harbour.
- They dug large channels to drain the fields.
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Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- buoy
- chart
- circumnavigate
- lane
- lighthouse
- nautical mile
- navigable
- navigation
- navigational
- navigator
- pilot
- quadrant
- refloat
- sea lane
- shipwreck
- sonar
- sound
- the doldrums
- wreck
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channel noun [ C ] (COMMUNICATING)
C2 a way of communicating with people or getting something done:
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- approach
- avenue
- basis
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby
- workings
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channel noun [ C ] (MAKING AVAILABLE)
a way of making a product, information, etc. available:
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Buying & selling - general words
- all-you-can-eat
- barter
- black market
- bottom
- brokerage
- cold-calling
- desk research
- first refusal
- handle
- high street
- market share
- pawn
- pay
- supply and demand idiom
- the grey market
- trade
- trade route
- trading
- transaction
- under the counter idiom
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channel noun [ C ] (AIRPORT/PORT)
UK a route or way out of an airport or port where travellers' bags are examined:
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Roads: pedestrian routes
- alley
- boardwalk
- bridle path
- cart track
- causeway
- crazy paving
- esplanade
- ley line
- maze
- nature strip
- path
- pathless
- pathway
- pavement
- piazza
- sidewalk
- stepping stone
- stile
- switchback
- the highways and byways idiom
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channelverb [ T ]
uk/ˈtʃæn.əl/us/ˈtʃæn.əl/-ll- or US usually -l-channel verb [ T ] (DIRECT)
C2 to direct something into a particular place or situation:
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Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- balance of power
- divide
- dominant
- have sb by the balls idiom
- have sb eating out of your hand idiom
- have sb in the palm of your hand idiom
- have sth in hand idiom
- have/hold the whip hand idiom
- hook
- preside over sth
- pull
- pull rank idiom
- pull the strings idiom
- putty
- rein
- whip
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channel verb [ T ] (ACT LIKE)
to behave like or copy another person, so that you almost seem to be that other person:
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Copying and copies
- ape
- blueprint
- carbon copy
- carbon paper
- co-opt
- derivative
- imitate
- imitation
- imitative
- imitator
- impersonate
- leaf
- pirate
- plagiarize
- recreate
- reinvent
- replica
- reproduce
- reproduction
- simulation
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