Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal, neologism)To watch television.

    fernsehen, fernschauen

Examples

799 sentences

  1. May I turn on the television?

    Можна увімкнути телевізор? — aandrusiak

    ruМожно мне включить телевизор? — paul_lingvo

    deKann ich das Fernsehgerät einschalten? — Esperantostern

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  2. That movie was shown on television.

    Цей фільм показали по телебаченню. — ascolto

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  3. I watch television all day long.

    Я цілоденно дивлюся телевізор. — rozmaita

    ruЯ смотрю телевизор весь день напролёт. — marafon

    deIch sehe den ganzen Tag lang　fern. — xtofu80

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  4. I saw the match on television.

    Я дивився матч по телевізору. — deniko

    ruЯ смотрел матч по телевизору. — ae5s

    deIch habe das Spiel im Fernsehen gesehen. — Manfredo

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  5. I watch television in the evening.

    Я дивлюся телевізор ввечері. — deniko

    ruЯ смотрю телевизор вечером. — marafon

    deIch sehe abends fern. — Yorwba

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
to watch television:

Origin

From tele- + vision; first attested in 1900, probably influenced by French télévision from

From tele- + vision; first attested in 1900, probably influenced by French télévision from Constantin Perskyi's 1900 paper that was unpublished but presented at a Paris conference.

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Forms

televisions, televisioning, televisioned, televisioned
Base formtelevision · to television
3rd person singulartelevisions
Present participletelevisioning
Past simpletelevisioned
Past participletelevisioned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytelevision
he, she, ittelevisions

Past simpleLesson

all personstelevisioned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave televisioned
he, she, ithas televisioned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill television

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • watch television
  • appeared on television
  • watch television after
  • game on television
  • television last night
  • on television last
  • was watching television
  • was on television
  • off the television
  • to watch television
  • much television
  • television last

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
telescopeB2telescopicC2televiseteleworktellA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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