channel: translation
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noun
1 television/radio station
ADJECTIVE
▪ radio, television, TV, video
▪ cable, digital, satellite, terrestrial
▪ commercial, independent
▪ film (esp. BrE), movie, news, sports, etc.
▪ pay-per-view
VERB + CHANNEL
▪ change, flip (AmE), flip through (esp.AmE), switch
▪ I changed channels when the news came on.
▪ change to, switch over to (esp. BrE), switch to, tune in to, tune to
▪ watch
▪ He was watching the cartoon channel.
▪ surf
▪ Lily surfed the channels on the television.
▪ launch
▪ Last year, the company launched its own TV channel.
CHANNEL + VERB
▪ broadcast
▪ This channel broadcasts 24 hours a day.
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the channel
▪ There's an interesting documentary on Channel 9 tonight.
2 route for sending information
ADJECTIVE
▪ direct, indirect
▪ Journalists always have indirect channels for getting information.
▪ formal, official
▪ She first tried to get a doctor's certificate through official channels.
▪ informal
▪ appropriate, conventional, normal, proper, right, usual
▪ effective
▪ an effective channel for communication
▪ diplomatic
▪ communication, distribution
▪ worldwide distribution channels
VERB + CHANNEL
▪ go through, use
▪ If you want a visa, you will have to go through the proper channels.
▪ establish, open, open up
▪ attempts to open up new channels of communication
PREPOSITION
▪ through a/the channel
▪ The government hopes to settle the dispute through diplomatic channels.
PHRASES
▪ a channel of communication
▪ channels of distribution
3 narrow area of water
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep
▪ narrow
▪ drainage, irrigation
▪ Irrigation channels supply the crops with water.
▪ river, water
▪ The garden has fountains and water channels.
▪ shipping
VERB + CHANNEL
▪ form
▪ block
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verb
Channel is used with these nouns as the object: ↑aggression, ↑anger, ↑effort, ↑emotion, ↑energy, ↑fund, ↑magic, ↑rage
