Broadcast and Hold

Broadcast

Broadcast verb - To cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people.
Usage example: broadcast the information only to people who needed to know

Hold is an antonym for broadcast.

Hold

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

Broadcast is an antonym for hold.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

How words are described

old old broadcast old hold
typical typical broadcast typical hold
short short broadcast short hold
complete complete broadcast complete hold
Other adjectives: original, single, actual, entire, illegal, famous, final, outside, last.

Common collocations

power broadcast power hold power
amount broadcast amount hold amount
number broadcast number hold number
nothing broadcast nothing hold nothing

Both words in one sentence

  • The Renaissance Age of Animation Self-Deprecation: In "Eddie, We Hardly Knew Ye," Miss Malone calls up her agent to get a hold of "that actor she dumped" to broadcast a get-well message to Ed.
  • Music / Haim From swearing like a trucker, to telling an audience in graphic detail about her desire to have sex with Andrew Garfield, to expressing satisfaction at her ass being broadcast across Madison Square Garden, to stage diving in skirts and dresses, she does not hold back.
    Source: Music / Haim
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