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tele — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • box noun A rigid container, typically rectangular, with a lid or flaps, used to hold or transport things.
  • television noun A device with a screen and speaker that receives and displays broadcast pictures and sound.
  • telly noun British informal word for television, either the broadcast medium or the physical set.

Senses

tele is used for these senses in English:

  • TV (colloquial, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of television.
  • box (slang, preceded by the) The television.
  • television (countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.
  • television (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.

box — full definition

  1. noun A rigid container, typically rectangular, with a lid or flaps, used to hold or transport things.
  2. verb To put something into a box or boxes.
  3. verb To fight an opponent using the fists, typically wearing padded gloves, as a sport.

television — full definition

  1. noun A device with a screen and speaker that receives and displays broadcast pictures and sound.
  2. noun The medium or system of broadcasting moving pictures and sound to viewers, or the programmes shown that way.

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