- sportscast
- noun Etymology: sport + broadcast Date: 1941 a radio or television broadcast of a sports event or of information about sports • sportscaster noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
sportscast
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sportscast — (n.) 1938, from SPORTS (Cf. sports) + ending from BROADCAST (Cf. broadcast) … Etymology dictionary
sportscast — ☆ sportscast [spôrts′kast΄, spôrts′käst΄ ] n. a sports broadcast, esp. of sports news, on radio or television sportscaster n … English World dictionary
sportscast — UK [ˈspɔː(r)tsˌkɑːst] / US [ˈspɔrtsˌkæst] noun [countable] Word forms sportscast : singular sportscast plural sportscasts American a radio or television programme about sport Derived word: sportscaster noun countable Word forms sportscaster :… … English dictionary
sportscast — [[t]spɔ͟ː(r)tskɑːst, kæst[/t]] sportscasts N COUNT A sportscast is a radio or television broadcast of a sporting event. [mainly AM] … English dictionary
sportscast — sportscaster, n. /spawrts kast , kahst , spohrts /, n. a radio or television program consisting of sports news or of a running description of a sports event. [1940 45; SPORTS + (BROAD)CAST] * * * … Universalium
sportscast — noun The part of a news program reporting on sports and athletics … Wiktionary
sportscast — Synonyms and related words: beam, broadcast, canned show, commercial, commercial program, electrical transcription, network show, newscast, radiate, radio, radio fare, radiobroadcast, rebroadcast, rerun, send, serial, shortwave, sign off, sign on … Moby Thesaurus
sportscast — sports|cast [ˈspo:tska:st US ˈspo:rtskæst] n AmE [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: sports + broadcast] a television broadcast of a sports game … Dictionary of contemporary English
sportscast — sports|cast [ spɔrts,kæst ] noun count AMERICAN a radio or television program about sports ╾ sports|cast|er noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sportscast — n. sporting news or a sporting event that is broadcast on radio or television … English contemporary dictionary
