television

/ˈtel.ɪ.vɪʒ.ən/ /ˌtel.ɪˈvɪʒ-/

/-ə-/ (also TV, UK informal telly)

Definition

A1 a device shaped like a box with a screen that receives electrical signals and changes them into moving images and sound, or the method or business of sending images and sound by electrical signals: a 3D/an HD television Could you turn the television down? It's one of the few television programmes that I always make a point of watching. Is there anything interesting on television tonight? Clare has worked in television since she left college. Your problem is that you watch too much television.Television

(Definition of television noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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