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# podcast

«podcast» in Mova's school dictionary: **a series of audio (sometimes video) shows on the internet…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a podcast, podcasts); verb (podcast, podcasts, podcasted or podcast, podcasting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A podcast is a series of audio (sometimes video) shows on the internet that you can download or stream and listen to whenever you like. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podcast/#m1)

2) One episode of such a show is also called a podcast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podcast/#m2)

3) To podcast is to make and publish these shows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podcast/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children listen to podcasts about stories, science, history or sport; in school they may make their own podcast as a speaking project. In media lessons pupils learn that podcasts can share opinions, so they should check facts. Phrases: «listen to a podcast», «a new episode of the podcast», «start a podcast», «host a podcast».

### examples

- We listened to a science podcast in the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podcast/#x1)
- Our class made a podcast about the Romans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podcast/#x2)
- The podcast comes out every Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podcast/#x3)
- My favourite podcast tells spooky stories for kids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podcast/#x4)
- She hosts a podcast about football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podcast/#x5)
- You can subscribe so new podcasts download automatically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podcast/#x6)
- Not everything said on a podcast is true, so check other sources. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podcast/#x7)

### note

Countable: a podcast, podcasts. The name comes from iPod + broadcast. A podcast is usually recorded, not live like radio.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «podcast» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podcast/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.