1 (often the radio) [U,sing.] the activity of broadcasting programmes for people to listen to; the programmes that are broadcast:
The interview was broadcast on radio and television. * The play was written specially for radio. * I listen to the radio on the way to work. * Did you hear the interview with him on the radio? * local / national radio * a radio programme / reporter / station
2 [C] a piece of equipment used for listening to programmes that are broadcast to the public:
to turn the radio on / off * a car radio * a radio cassette player
seealsoCLOCKRADIO
3 [U] the process of sending and receiving messages through the air using ELECTROMAGNETIC waves:
He was unable to contact Blake by radio. * to keep in radio contact * radio signals / waves
4 [C] a piece of equipment, for example on ships or planes, for sending and receiving radio signals:
to hear a gale warning on / over the ship's radio
verb (radioing, radioed, radioed) to send a message to sb by radio: [V] The police officer radioed for help. * [VN] The warning was radioed to headquarters. [also Vthat, VNthat, VNtoinf]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for radio is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is radio a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, radio is tagged as noun.
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