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television
noun
an
electronic
device
with
a
screen
that
receives
broadcast
or
streamed
signals
so
you
can
watch
moving
pictures
and
hear
sound
.
β’
After
dinner
,
the
family
gathered
around
the
television
to
watch
a
movie
.
After
dinner
,
the
family
gathered
around
the
television
to
watch
a
movie
.
β’
He
accidentally
dropped
the
remote
and
turned
the
television
off
.
He
accidentally
dropped
the
remote
and
turned
the
television
off
.
Formed
in
the
early
1900s
from
Greek
tele-
β
far
β
+
Latin
visio
β
sight
,β
literally
meaning
β
seeing
from
a
distance
.β
noun
-
television
the
system
or
activity
of
transmitting
moving
pictures
and
sound
,
or
the
programmes
that
are
broadcast
by
this
system
.
β’
Live
television
showed
the
rocket
launch
to
millions
of
viewers
.
Live
television
showed
the
rocket
launch
to
millions
of
viewers
.
β’
She
prefers
reading
books
to
watching
television
.
She
prefers
reading
books
to
watching
television
.
Formed
in
the
early
1900s
from
Greek
tele-
β
far
β
+
Latin
visio
β
sight
,β
literally
meaning
β
seeing
from
a
distance
.β
telephone
noun
a
device
with
a
mouth-piece
and
an
earpiece
that
lets
people
talk
to
each
other
even
when
they
are
far
apart
,
by
turning
their
voices
into
electrical
signals
and
back
again
β’
Maya
picked
up
the
telephone
and
called
her
grandmother
.
Maya
picked
up
the
telephone
and
called
her
grandmother
.
β’
The
old
telephone
on
his
desk
still
had
a
rotary
dial
.
The
old
telephone
on
his
desk
still
had
a
rotary
dial
.
from
Greek
tele-
β
far
β
+
phΕnΔ
β
voice
,
sound
β;
invented
name
used
by
Alexander
Graham
Bell
in
the
19th
century
noun
the
whole
network
and
technology
that
carries
spoken
messages
over
wires
or
radio
waves
so
people
can
talk
to
each
other
across
distances
β’
The
telephone
changed
the
way
businesses
communicated
around
the
world
.
The
telephone
changed
the
way
businesses
communicated
around
the
world
.
β’
Strong
winds
knocked
out
the
village
β
s
telephone
for
two
days
.
Strong
winds
knocked
out
the
village
β
s
telephone
for
two
days
.
developed
from
the
device
name
to
describe
the
entire
system
that
carries
calls
verb
-
telephone
,
telephoning
,
telephones
,
telephoned
to
call
someone
and
speak
to
them
using
a
telephone
β’
I
will
telephone
you
as
soon
as
I
arrive
.
I
will
telephone
you
as
soon
as
I
arrive
.
β’
She
telephoned
the
doctor
for
an
appointment
.
She
telephoned
the
doctor
for
an
appointment
.
back-formation
from
the
noun
;
first
used
as
a
verb
soon
after
the
device
was
invented
telescope
noun
a
device
with
lenses
or
mirrors
that
makes
far-away
objects
look
bigger
and
closer
so
you
can
see
them
clearly
β’
The
young
girl
pointed
her
telescope
at
the
moon
and
gasped
in
wonder
.
The
young
girl
pointed
her
telescope
at
the
moon
and
gasped
in
wonder
.
β’
From
the
mountain
cabin
,
the
elderly
man
set
up
a
telescope
to
watch
the
distant
eagles
β
nest
.
From
the
mountain
cabin
,
the
elderly
man
set
up
a
telescope
to
watch
the
distant
eagles
β
nest
.
From
Italian
β
telescopio
β,
coined
in
the
early
17th
century
from
Greek
β
tΔle
β
meaning
β
far
β
and
β
skopein
β
meaning
β
to
look
at
β.
verb
-
telescope
,
telescoping
,
telescopes
,
telescoped
to
make
something
shorter
or
smaller
by
sliding
parts
inside
each
other
,
or
to
compress
events
or
time
into
a
shorter
form
β’
The
camping
chair
telescopes
so
it
fits
easily
inside
a
backpack
.
The
camping
chair
telescopes
so
it
fits
easily
inside
a
backpack
.
β’
For
the
montage
,
the
editor
telescoped
three
hours
of
footage
into
two
minutes
.
For
the
montage
,
the
editor
telescoped
three
hours
of
footage
into
two
minutes
.
Derived
from
the
noun
β
telescope
β;
figurative
use
recorded
from
the
late
19th
century
,
based
on
how
the
instrument
β
s
tubes
slide
inside
each
other
.
hotel
verb
-
hotel
,
hotelling
,
hotels
,
hoteled
to
stay
in
a
hotel
or
hotels
,
especially
while
travelling
β’
The
sales
team
hoteled
downtown
during
the
week-long
trade
fair
.
The
sales
team
hoteled
downtown
during
the
week-long
trade
fair
.
β’
We
usually
hotel
near
the
stadium
whenever
there
β
s
a
big
match
.
We
usually
hotel
near
the
stadium
whenever
there
β
s
a
big
match
.
Verbal
use
recorded
from
the
late
19th
century
,
formed
by
functional
shift
from
the
noun
.