tv
part of speech
noun (TV, TVs; also television, telly in the UK)
meaning for a pupil
1) TV (television) is a machine with a screen that shows programmes, films and news. tree →
2) TV also means the programmes that are shown: watching TV. tree →
3) TV can mean the business of making these programmes: she works in TV. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life children watch TV shows, cartoons and sport; families set rules about screen time. In safety lessons: don't climb on furniture holding a TV, because big TVs can tip over, and TVs should be fixed to the wall. In stories a character may see news on TV. In science a TV screen makes pictures from tiny dots of light (pixels). Phrases: watch TV, on TV, turn on the TV, TV show, TV channel, screen time.
examples
- We watched a nature programme on TV. tree →
- Can I watch TV after my homework? tree →
- Turn off the TV; it's time for bed. tree →
- My favourite TV show is about animals. tree →
- The heavy TV was fixed to the wall so it couldn't fall. tree →
- Grandma calls it the telly. tree →
- Too much TV before bed can make it hard to sleep. tree →
- The football match is on TV tonight. tree →
note
Usually written in capital letters: TV (short for television). Plural: TVs. Say «on TV» (on the TV is also used for the machine). «Telly» is informal British and Irish English. Things on TV, including adverts, are not always true.
In the corpora
- Young famous people, like teenage TV actors, deserve even more privacy, because they are still children.
- One mimed song on a TV show, where many performers mime, does not prove a singer cannot sing.
- The news on TV, the radio and phones shows real things: wars, earthquakes, floods, fires and accidents.
- A lot of it is guessing, and the famous person did not choose to have it on TV.
- Arguments on TV get people watching, so some are allowed or even planned; that does not make shouting a good idea.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tv» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.