American English
/ˈtʰɛ.ləˌvɪ.ʒn̩z/
4 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Related entry: television
A device with a screen that receives and shows programs.
Practice out loudA device with a screen that receives and shows programs.
The television is in the living room.
Please turn off the television.
flat-screen television · smart television · television remote
the television is in + place
turn on/off the television
The programs that people watch, or the activity of watching them.
We watch television after dinner.
He watches too much television.
In everyday American English, TV is often more natural than television.
television program · television show · television news · television series
watch television after + time/event
watch + amount of + television
A system that sends pictures and sound to homes and other places.
Television is still an important source of news.
The game was broadcast on television.
television network · television broadcast · live television · television audience
television is + adjective
broadcast on television
A device with a screen for receiving programs.
They bought a new television set for the bedroom.
To spend time looking at television programs.
I watch television after work.
Shown or appearing in television programs.
The interview was on television last night.
Use televisions for separate devices. For the medium or the programs, television usually has no plural.