webcast

noun

web·​cast ˈweb-ˌkast How to pronounce webcast (audio)
often capitalized
: a transmission of sound and images (as of an event) via the World Wide Web
webcast verb often capitalized
webcaster noun often capitalized

Examples of webcast in a Sentence

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Kate Tice, an engineer from SpaceX on the webcast, noted that touchdown was imminent. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025 During the Red Planet Live webcast, host Ashton Zeth pointed out that during the first race to the Moon, the dueling space superpowers were also engaged in a Cold War competition to stun the world with their new-frontier space technologies. Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 The flyby took place on Wednesday (March 12), and the European Space Agency presented the images during a webcast today. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2025 Blue Origin's webcast last showed the booster at an altitude of about 84,000 feet. Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for webcast

Word History

Etymology

World Wide Web + broadcast

First Known Use

1995, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of webcast was in 1995

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“Webcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/webcast. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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