television /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/noun 4verb 1forms 3 noun4 •the system that sends moving pictures and sound over long distances to people's screensShe watched television for over five hours last night. •Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.fifty-seven channels and nothing on television •An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.I have an old television in the study. •(old-fashioned) Vision at a distance.[…] the magic mirror […] which furnished him television of his family and country — 1943 verb1 •(informal) To watch television. formstelevisioned · televisioning · televisions