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- pronunciation:
- te
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vI
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the process of sending pictures through the air as electrical waves over distances to be seen on a screen; TV.
Fifty years ago, television was only black and white. |
| definition 2: |
a set with a screen for receiving and viewing such pictures.
She turned on the television to watch the news.
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| related words: |
cable, press |
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The word television
contains the following parts:
tele, tel, telo
Greek
root
that means distance, end
  Example words:
vid, vis, -vise
Latin
root
that means see
Example words:
evidence, evident, invisible, provide, provision, revise, television, video, visible, vision, visor, visual
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, conclusion, condition, confusion, construction, direction, dictionary, expedition, fusion, illusion, incision, interaction, mission, nation, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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