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| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. [1/2 definitions] |
| correspondent |
a person who reports news or contributes articles regularly to a newspaper, magazine, TV network, or the like, from a distant area. [1/2 definitions] |
| den |
a comfortable, cozy room used for reading, watching TV, and other enjoyable activities. [1/2 definitions] |
| interference |
static that makes a radio or TV signal not clear. [1/4 definitions] |
| static |
noise caused by electricity in the air that interferes with radio or TV reception. [1/5 definitions] |
| television |
the process of sending pictures through the air as electrical waves over distances to be seen on a screen; TV. [1/2 definitions] |
| transmitter |
the apparatus that makes and changes radio waves in order to send them out as radio or TV signals. |
| tune in |
to adjust to receive TV or radio signals from a certain station, or to select from a number of programs. |
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