radio
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Short for radiotelegraphy.
Inflected forms:
form: radios
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: radios
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: radioes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: radioing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: radioed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: radioed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: send a message by radio
gloss: A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: (of a song, person, etc.) to be on the radio
(of a song, etc.) to play on/be played on/get played on/come on the radio
to hear/listen to a song on the radio
We heard a lovely song on the radio.
She was listening to the radio when he knocked on the door.
David Bowie's classic hit Space Oddity will be looping on the radio as the car is hurled into an elliptical orbit that stretches out to Mars' orbit around the Sun.
gloss: A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
gloss: A device that can transmit radio signals.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
uncountable
gloss: To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: I think the boat is sinking; we'd better radio for help. / I radioed him already. / Radio the coordinates this time. / OK. I radioed them the coordinates.
gloss: To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: “Could you call them here? I'd like to talk to them. Or if they're out in the field, radio them in.”
When I told him that they weren't back yet, he asked if we could radio them back early […] Radioing them in was fine with me.
When she arrived, she was told that Tad wasn't there and to have a seat and wait while they radioed him in.
Related words: radiate
radiation
radiator
radius
ray
transceiver
Derived words: aeradio
album-oriented radio
amateur radio
antiradio
base radio
black radio
cable radio
car radio
CB radio
citizens' band radio
clock radio
clockwork radio
console radio
crystal radio
crystal radio receiver
emergency position indicating radio beacon
face for radio
fast radio burst
foxhole radio
giant radio galaxy
ham radio
Internet radio
like a plasterer's radio
microradio
nonradio
off the radio
packet radio
pirate radio
preradio
quasi-stellar radio source
quasi-stellar radio-source
radio-active
radio alarm
radio alarm clock
radio alphabet
radio altimeter
radio amateur
radio amplifier
radio astronomer
radio astronomical
radio astronomy
radio-based
radio beacon
radio-bright
radio broadcast
radio burst
radio button
radio car
radio cassette
radio cassette player
radio cassette recorder
radio clock
radio collar
radio-collared
radio compass
radio control
radio-controlled
radio-controlled car
radio direction finder
radio documentary
radio drama
radio edit
radio energy
radio fix
radio format
radio frequency
radio-frequency
radio-frequency identification
radio frequency integrated circuit
radio-friendly
radio galaxy
radiogenic
radiogram
radiogramophone
radio halo
radio interferometer
radio interferometry
radio jet
radio jock
radio jockey
radio knife
radioland
radioless
radiolike
radio-luminous
radio mix
radio modem
radio monitoring
radio navigation
radio nebula
radio officer
radio operator
radiopager
radio pill
radio play
radio relay
radio rental
radio set
radio shack
radio signal
radio silence
radio silent
radiosonde
radio song
radio sounding
radio source
radiospectrograph
radio star
radio station
radio tag
radio-tag
radio-tagged
radio tagging
radiotelecommunication
radio telegraphy
radio telemetry
radio-telephone
radio telephone
radiotelephone
radio telephony
radio telescope
radiothon
radio tower
radiotracking
radio tracking
radiotransmitter
radio transmitter
radio wave
rotating radio transient
software defined radio
steam radio
streaming radio
talk radio
talk-radio
teleradio
topless radio
transistor radio
white radio
wind-up radio
radio ahead
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