sportscast

sports·cast

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [spawrts-kast, -kahst, spohrts-]
- /ˈspɔrtsˌkæst, -ˌkɑst, ˈspoʊrts-/
- /spˈɔːtskast/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spawrts-kast, -kahst, spohrts-]
- /ˈspɔrtsˌkæst, -ˌkɑst, ˈspoʊrts-/

Definitions of sportscast word

noun sportscast a radio or television program consisting of sports news or of a running description of a sports event. 1
noun sportscast broadcast of a sporting event 1
countable noun sportscast A sportscast is a radio or television broadcast of a sporting event. 0
noun sportscast a radio or television broadcast consisting of sports news 0
noun sportscast a sports broadcast, esp. of sports news, on radio or television 0

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Origin of sportscast

First appearance:

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45; sports + (broad)cast

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Parts of speech for Sportscast

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sportscast

sportscast popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for sportscast

noun sportscast

commentator — A commentator is a broadcaster who gives a radio or television commentary on an event.
annotator — One who annotates.
expositor — A person or thing that explains complicated ideas or theories.

All 3 Synonyms of sportscast