radio

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
2. (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
3. (countable) Any audio playing device, such as the on-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media; see also car radio.
4. (countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
5. (Internet, uncountable) The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).
2. (transitive) To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.

Synonyms

wireless

🛜

radio set

receiving set

receiver

radio receiver

tuner

broadcasting

broadcast

radiocommunication

transceiver

wireless set

radio-receiver

transmit

relay

send out

tape recorder

telecommunication

telegraph

transistor

transistor radio

wireless receiver

MC

wireless telegraph

mass media

television

📺

receiving-set

radio-

aether

broadcast listener

disseminate

emanative

music

🎶

press

rad

radiate

radioactive

☢️

radio engineering

radio message

radiophone

radiotelephone

radium

Translations

radio

📻

radio

radio

📻

Radio

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radio

📻

rádio

ραδιόφωνο

ràdio

📻

ράδιο

Rundfunk

radyo

📻

ασύρματος

راديو

📻

draadloze

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪdiˌəʊ/

Etymology

Short for radiotelegraphy.

Sentences

He regularly appears in print , on the radio and on television .

Not all ship-to-shore radio communications were short range .

Worryingly , the radio signal became weaker .

Henwood occasionally interviews on other radio and television programs .

We're not getting any tornado warnings on the radio .

Barco is an acronym that originally stood for Belgian American Radio Corporation .