televise

verb

tele·​vise ˈte-lə-ˌvīz 

televised; televising

transitive verb

: to broadcast (something, such as a baseball game) by television

intransitive verb

: to broadcast by television

Examples of televise in a Sentence

The same network will televise the tournament next year.

Recent Examples on the Web

College football games were occasionally televised in the 1930s and ’40s, but the sport started airing widely on TV in the early ’50s, around the same time as the Oscars. —Mike Pearl, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025

How to watch the 2025 Oscars on TV For the 48th year running, the 2025 Oscars will be televised on ABC. —Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025

Where to Watch the 2025 Oscars Online The 97th Academy Awards will be televised on Sunday, March 2 at 7/6c on ABC and will livestream on Hulu for the first time. —Claire Franken, TVLine, 2 Mar. 2025

The Academy Awards were televised for the first time in 1953. —David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from television

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for televise

• advertise
• aggrandize
• agonize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize

Kids Definition

televise

verb

tele·​vise ˈtel-ə-ˌvīz 

televised; televising

: to broadcast by television

televised the ball game