radio
/'reidiai/
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Definition
Noun:
- A communication system: A technology for transmitting signals through electromagnetic waves without wires.
- A device for receiving broadcasts: An electronic device that receives and plays audio broadcasts sent via radio waves.
- The industry or medium: The system, business, or content of sound broadcasting.
Verb:
- To transmit a message: To send a message or communicate using radio technology.
- To contact someone: To make contact with someone, especially in an official or emergency context, using a radio.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- I listen to the news on the radio every morning. (Refers to the medium/broadcast system.)
- She bought a new radio for the kitchen. (Refers to the physical receiving device.)
- He works in radio. (Refers to the broadcasting industry.)
Verb:
- The ship's captain radioed for assistance. (Used to indicate sending a distress call.)
- The pilot radioed the control tower with her position. (Used for routine communication.)
Advanced Usage
"To be on the radio": To be broadcasting or being broadcast.
- The band will be on the radio tonight at 8 PM.
"Radio silence": A period during which no radio transmissions are made, often for security or secrecy.
- The special forces maintained radio silence during the mission.
Variants and Related Words
- Radioactive (adj): Emitting radiation as a result of atomic decay.
- The material was found to be highly radioactive.
- Radiochemistry (n): The chemistry of radioactive materials.
- Radiowave (n): An electromagnetic wave used in radio transmission.
Synonyms
- Transmit (verb): To send out a signal or broadcast.
- Broadcast (noun/verb): A transmission or to transmit a program.
- Receiver (noun): A device that receives signals.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Radio in: To contact a base or headquarters by radio.
- The officer radioed in his report.
- Radio ahead: To send a radio message to a destination before arriving.
- We should radio ahead to let them know we're coming.
Related Idioms
- Radio ga-ga: An idiom (from a song title) suggesting a nostalgic or critical view of radio's changing role.
- With all these podcasts, sometimes I feel a bit radio ga-ga for the old days.
- Crystal radio: Refers to a very simple, early type of radio receiver.
- He built a crystal radio as a science project.
Adjective
- indicating radiation or radioactivity
- radiochemistry
Verb
- transmit messages via radio waves
- he radioed for help
Noun
- a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
- an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
- medium for communication