podcast
/ˈpɑdˌkæst/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
noun
An individual episode of such a program.
verb
To deliver (information) in the form of a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
Transitive verb
verb
To deliver a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "There's no restriction for what a podcast should and should not be. Of course, if you cover all these topics and more, you may find it harder to find an audience than if you focus on a narrower range and cover it well. Finding listeners is simpler if your podcast can be summarized in a sentence. More people will sample your show if it fits in a category in a podcast directory—like that found in the iTunes Store—than if it ends up lumped in a generic catch-all list."
- "Try listening to a mix of well-known podcasts. You'll soon find that the best always feature hosts that have their own unique voice."
- "Yet some Monday-morning quarterbacks also noted that, just as 1960 was the first TV election and 2016 was the first social-media election, the 2024 Presidential campaign was the first to be conducted largely on live streams and long-form podcasts, media that happen to be thoroughly dominated by MAGA bros."
- "You know, they’re all just a bunch of libtards anyways. I know what’s up. I listen to podcasts."
- "Indeed, when I interviewed Ken Skates, the Welsh Cabinet Member for Transport and North Wales, for my Calling All Stations podcast, he suggested (rightly) that the electrification of 170km (106 miles) of Valleys line ^([sic]) "was no mean feat in less than ten years". Given the stalled electrification of England's railways, notably the Midland Main Line, he has a point."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English network English internetwork English Internet English i- English pod English iPod Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast blend English podcast Blend of iPod (“portable music player made by Apple”) + broadcast, probably coined by the British technologist and broadcaster Ben Hammersley (born 1976) who proposed the word podcasting in 2004.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑdˌkæst/
- British English: /ˈpɒdˌkɑːst/