Collocations for "television"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "television" in context.
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television
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [new, smart, flat-screen, large, modern] television
- a [color, black and white] television
- a [48] -inch television
- a [broken, broken down, faulty] television
- watching television in the [living room, kitchen, bedroom]
- watch television while [eating, studying, working, talking]
- watch too much television
- wants to [be, appear] on television
- what's on television [today, tonight, this evening]?
- is there anything good on television?
- turn the television [up, down, on, off]
- [major, work] in television
- writes for television
- television [stunts, aids, hinders, helps] learning
- television is a powerful [tool, medium, source]
- a [book, play. movie] adapted for television
- the [news, movie] on television
- the [influence, power, addiction] of television
- the [days, era, times] before television
- a television [set, show, program, format]
- UK: a television programme
- a television [producer, manufacturer, company]
- television [channels, stations, broadcasting]
- television [signals, frequencies, communication]
- a television [cable, antenna, lead]
'television' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adjustment
- advent
- advertisement
- advertising
- armchair
- attire
- audience
- black
- blink
- bulky
- cabinet
- charge
- child
- closed
- commercial
- compose
- costume
- crane
- debate
- documentary
- doing
- drama
- edit
- editor
- fantasy
- fatigue
- film
- flash
- flex
- ghost
- glare
- glue
- golden
- handset
- invent
- license
- lounge
- mimic
- mount
- mounting
- national
- personality
- plea
- portrayal
- possess
- presenter
- prime
- producer
- proof
- quiz