narrowcast
verb/ˈnærəʊkɑːst/
/ˈnærəʊkæst/
[intransitive] (specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they narrowcast | /ˈnærəʊkɑːst/ /ˈnærəʊkæst/ |
| he / she / it narrowcasts | /ˈnærəʊkɑːsts/ /ˈnærəʊkæsts/ |
| past simple narrowcast | /ˈnærəʊkɑːst/ /ˈnærəʊkæst/ |
| past simple narrowcasted | /ˈnærəʊkɑːstɪd/ /ˈnærəʊkæstɪd/ |
| -ing form narrowcasting | /ˈnærəʊkɑːstɪŋ/ /ˈnærəʊkæstɪŋ/ |
- to send information by television or the internet to a particular group of people compare broadcastTopics TV, radio and newsc2Word Origin1930s: back-formation from narrowcasting, on the pattern of broadcasting.
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