televise: The Grand Prix will be televised by the BBC.
broad|cast|er /brɔː dkɑːstə r , -kæst-/ (broadcasters ) N‑COUNT A broadcaster is someone who gives talks or takes part in interviews and discussions on radio or television programmes.
broad|cast|ing ◆◇◇ /brɔː dkɑːst I ŋ, -kæst-/ N‑UNCOUNT Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes. □ If this happens, it will change the face of religious broadcasting. □ …the state broadcasting organisation.
broad|en /brɔː d ə n/ (broadens , broadening , broadened )
1 VERB When something broadens , it becomes wider. □ [V + into ] The trails broadened into roads. □ [V + to ] The smile broadened to a grin. [Also V ]
2 VERB When you broaden something such as your experience or popularity or when it broadens , the number of things or people that it includes becomes greater. □ [V n] We must broaden our appeal. □ [V ] The political spectrum has broadened.
broad|ly /brɔː dli/
1 ADV You can use broadly to indicate that something is generally true. □ The President broadly got what he wanted out of his meeting. □ The idea that software is capable of any task is broadly true in theory.
2 → see also broad
broa d|ly ba sed in BRIT, also use broadly-based ADJ [usu ADJ n] Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people. □ … a broadly-based political movement for democracy.
broa d-mi nded also broadminded ADJ If you describe someone as broad-minded , you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral. [APPROVAL ] □ …a fair and broad-minded man.
broad|sheet /brɔː dʃiːt/ (broadsheets ) N‑COUNT A broadsheet is a newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper. Broadsheets are generally considered to be more serious than other newspapers. Compare tabloid .
broad|side /brɔː dsa I d/ (broadsides )
1 N‑COUNT A broadside is a strong written or spoken attack on a person or institution. □ [+ against ] He launched a broadside against the young British kitchen staff who are not prepared to dedicate themselves to their chosen career.
2 ADV [ADV after v, be ADV , oft ADV on ] If a ship is broadside to something, it has its longest side facing in the direction of that thing. [TECHNICAL ] □ [+ to ] The ship was moored broadside to the pier.
bro|cade /brəke I d/ (brocades ) N‑VAR Brocade is a thick, expensive material, often made of silk, with a raised pattern on it. □ …a cream brocade waistcoat.
broc|co|li /brɒ kəli/ N‑UNCOUNT Broccoli is a vegetable with green stalks and green or purple tops.
bro|chure /broʊ ʃə r , [AM ] broʊʃʊ r/ (brochures ) N‑COUNT A brochure is a magazine or thin book with pictures that gives you information about a product or service. □ …travel brochures.
brogue /broʊ g/ (brogues )
1 N‑SING If someone has a brogue , they speak English with a strong accent, especially Irish or Scots. □ Gill speaks in a quiet Irish brogue.
2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Brogues are thick leather shoes which have an elaborate pattern punched into the leather.
broil /brɔ I l/ (broils , broiling , broiled ) VERB When you broil food, you cook it using very strong heat directly above or below it. [AM ] □ [V n] I'll broil the lobster. □ [V -ed] …broiled chicken. in BRIT, use grill
broil|er /brɔ I lə r / (broilers ) N‑COUNT A broiler is a part of a stove which produces strong heat and cooks food placed underneath it. [AM ] in BRIT, use grill
broil|ing /brɔ I l I ŋ/ ADJ If the weather is broiling , it is very hot. [AM , INFORMAL ] □ …the broiling midday sun.
broke /broʊ k/
1 Broke is the past tense of break .
2 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you are broke , you have no money. [INFORMAL ] □ What do you mean, I've got enough money? I'm as broke as you are.
3 PHRASE If a company or person goes broke , they lose money and are unable to continue in business or to pay their debts. [INFORMAL , BUSINESS ] □ Balton went broke twice in his career.
4 PHRASE If you go for broke , you take the most extreme or risky of the possible courses of action in order to try and achieve success. [INFORMAL ] □ It was a sharp disagreement about whether to go for broke or whether to compromise.
bro|ken /broʊ kən/
1 Broken is the past participle of break .
2 ADJ [ADJ n] A broken line is not continuous but has gaps or spaces in it. □ A broken blue line means the course of a waterless valley.
3 ADJ [ADJ n] You can use broken to describe a marriage that has ended in divorce, or a home in which the parents of the family are divorced, when you think this is a sad or bad thing. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ She spoke for the first time about the traumas of a broken marriage. □ Children from broken homes are more likely to leave home before the age of 18.
4 ADJ [ADJ n] If someone talks in broken English, for example, or in broken French, they speak slowly and make a lot of mistakes because they do not know the language very well. □ Eric could only respond in broken English.
bro ken-do wn ADJ [usu ADJ n] A broken-down vehicle or machine no longer works because it has something wrong with it. □ …a broken-down car.