Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

narrowcast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nar-row-cast
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To transmit a programme to selected individuals or groups, especially via cable.

verb

To send out a message or disseminate information to a specific narrow audience rather than the general public.

verb

To transmit a medical intervention to a specific organ or type of tissue.

noun

A programme transmitted in this manner.

Example Sentences

"As much as Israeli media outlets and politicians are narrowcasting their ideologies every day, Israel’s emerging blended society is on full display every night on prime-time TV — an ultra-Orthodox female celebrity chef on one channel, an Israeli Druze female celebrity chef on another, an Israeli Arab star journalist on another."
"Cancer therapies can be narrowcasted to the unique genetic signature of a tumor instead of poisoning every dividing cell in the body."

Etymology

From narrow + -cast, by analogy with broadcast.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: narrow

Inflected Forms

narrowcasts (present, singular) narrowcasting (participle, present) narrowcasted (common, error unknown tag) narrowcasts (plural)

Derived Forms

narrowcaster

Questions

What does narrowcast mean?: To transmit a programme to selected individuals or groups, especially via cable.
Where does narrowcast come from?: From narrow + -cast, by analogy with broadcast.

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