tv
noun
Simple meaning
Someone who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
teeveeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtiˈvi
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
colloquialcountableuncountable
An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
countable
A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or personal choice.
physiology
The amount of air breathed in or out during normal respiration.
The assessed value of an asset from which the tax owing is computed.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
Used this way, tv is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in everyday conversation and social media or informal writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Casual
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Playful
- Usage feel
- Casual and conversational
Where it naturally appears
- Everyday conversation
- Social media/informal writing
Nearby words
- telecasting , much rarer in everyday speech
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.
An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
A television; an electronic device that receives television signals, and displays the resulting images on a screen.
An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen.
Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A television system in which the signal is transmitted to an orbiting satellite that receives the signal and amplifies it and transmits it back to earth.
An omnidirectional antenna tuned to the broadcast frequencies assigned to television.
An announcer on television.
The audience reached by television.
Television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam.
A television station and its programs.
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Synonyms
Sense: electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images
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