SPORTSCAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sportscast mean? 

• SPORTSCAST (noun)
  The noun SPORTSCAST has 1 sense:

1. a broadcast of sports news or commentary

  Familiarity information: SPORTSCAST used as a noun is very rare.

• SPORTSCAST (verb)
  The verb SPORTSCAST has 1 sense:

1. broadcast a sports event

  Familiarity information: SPORTSCAST used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPORTSCAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A broadcast of sports news or commentary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sportscast" is a kind of...):

newscast (a broadcast of news or commentary on the news)

• SPORTSCAST (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Broadcast a sports event

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "sportscast" is one way to...):

air; beam; broadcast; send; transmit (broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

sportscaster (an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events)