Meaning & use
Channels
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Passages, routes, or courses through which something, such as water, information, or communication, flows or is directed; also, broadcast stations on television or radio.
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Water flowed through narrow channels cut into the rock over thousands of years.
The company has several channels for customer feedback, including email and social media.
A note on using this word
From Latin 'canalis' (canal), the word broadened from its original watery sense to cover everything from television stations to bureaucratic procedures, as in 'go through the proper channels.'
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2. noun
Television or radio stations that broadcast on a particular frequency.
She flipped through the channels looking for the evening news.
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