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radio
1[ rey-dee-oh ]
noun
- wireless telegraphy or telephony:
speeches broadcast by radio.
- an apparatus for receiving or transmitting radio broadcasts.
- a message transmitted by radio.
adjective
- pertaining to, used in, or sent by radio.
- pertaining to or employing radiations, as of electrical energy.
verb (used with object)
- to transmit (a message, music, etc.) by radio.
- to send a message to (a person) by radio.
verb (used without object)
- to transmit a message, music, etc., by radio.
radio-
2- a combining form with the meanings “dealing with radiant energy” ( radiometer ), “employing or dealing with radio waves” ( radioacoustics; radiolocation; radiotelephone ), “emitting rays as a result of the breakup of atomic nuclei” ( radioactive; radiocarbon ), “characterized by, employing or dealing with such rays” ( radiography; radiopaque; radiotherapy ).
radio-
1combining_form
- denoting radio, broadcasting, or radio frequency
radiogram
- indicating radioactivity or radiation
radiolucent
radiochemistry
- indicating a radioactive isotope or substance
radioactinium
radioelement
radiothorium
radio
2/ ˈɪɪəʊ /
noun
- the use of electromagnetic waves, lying in the radio-frequency range, for broadcasting, two-way communications, etc
- Also called (esp Brit)wireless an electronic device designed to receive, demodulate, and amplify radio signals from sound broadcasting stations, etc
- a similar device permitting both transmission and reception of radio signals for two-way communications
- the broadcasting, content, etc, of sound radio programmes
he thinks radio is poor these days
- the occupation or profession concerned with any aspect of the broadcasting of sound radio programmes
he's in radio
- modifier relating to, produced for, or transmitted by sound radio
radio drama
- modifier
- of, relating to, employed in, or sent by radio signals
a radio station
- of, concerned with, using, or operated by radio frequencies
radio spectrum
- modifier (of a motor vehicle) equipped with a radio for communication
radio car
verb
- to transmit (a message) to (a person, radio station, etc) by means of radio waves
radio
Noun
- The equipment used to generate, alter, transmit, and receive radio waves so that they carry information.
Adjective
- Relating to or involving the emission of radio waves.
Other Word Forms
- ·d· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of radio1
Word History and Origins
Origin of radio1
Origin of radio2
Example Sentences
The song's purposefully unsuited to radio – unlike the follow-up single, Lovesick Lullaby.
“MC5 were playing on the radio. He will ultimately be returned to his home, the farm in Pennsylvania, where he insisted he was to be ‘thrown in the barn.’”
She was a showperson, a radio star, a publisher and writer, a beloved figure and a celebrity — hard to achieve as a Pentecostal preacher in the early 20th century.
In the latest incident, a group of teenage boys rode to the Ralphs market on South Vermont Avenue near USC around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to witnesses and emergency radio dispatch reports.
Boone's breakout hit has been near-inescapable on radio and social media, and the impassioned folk-pop anthem is still in both the US and UK top 10s more than a year after its release.
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