radio

Pluralradios (some meanings)

Formsradios, radioing, radioed

1. 1
   wireless signalsnoununcountable

   A way of sending sounds and signals through the air using invisible waves.

   Like sending your voice across the sky on invisible waves.

   Radio lets people hear news from far away.

   Before television, families gathered together to enjoy radio.

   UsageSay by radio with no article, like by phone. For radio programs, say on the radio.

2. 2
   nouncountable

   A machine that picks up radio programs and plays them so you can hear them, like the one in a car.

   Like a net that catches invisible waves and turns them into voices and music.

   She turned on the radio to listen to the morning news.

   We keep an old radio in the kitchen for music.

   UsageSay on the radio and listen to the radio, with the.

   Similarreceiver

3. 3
   transmitternouncountable

   A machine that sends out signals over radio waves to other receivers.

   Like a megaphone that shouts out invisible waves instead of sound.

   The soldier carried a radio to send messages back to base.

   She switched on the radio and broadcast a signal to the rescue ship.

   Similartransmitter, transceiver

   Oppositereceiver

4. 4
   online streamingnoununcountable

   Nonstop sound broadcasts sent over the Internet, like a normal radio station.

   Like a normal radio station, but it comes through the Internet instead of the air.

   She listens to internet radio while she works.

   Many people enjoy radio streamed over the Internet.

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   The sending out of shows by radio, seen as a kind of media or a business.

   My uncle wants a job in radio because he loves talking about music.

   Radio is still a cheap way for small shops to reach people in their town.

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