air
- noun
- /ɛr/
- Literature
- Today marks one year since we have been on the air with SiriusXM.
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Watch on YouTubeIt streams it wirelessly over the air, much like a radio.
- It streams it wirelessly over the air, much like a radio.
- Today marks one year since we have been on the air with SiriusXM.
- Anyhow, that footage wound up on the air and it turned into dirty jobs.
- Well, I would hardly call it the air, whatever, but we're broadcasting.
Examples
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You're on the air.
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- Are we on the air right now?
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We're gonna go off the air now.
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Is it still on the air, Survivor?
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We just been informed that we are going off the air...
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Only one of my channels is still on the air.
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So they kept it on the air and ran commercials for those people.
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The owner of a Berkeley art cinema, Ed Landberg, heard Kael on the air and called her up.
Academic text (2011) -
Radio station WFAF in Dallas went on the air with almost daily commentary about Oklahoma's Indian Territory.
Fiction book (1990) -
And good evening, we are coming on the air with some sad breaking news.
Synonyms
A way of sending sound and music to many people using wireless signals
The radio and television signals that carry programs to many people
A frequency used to send radio and television programs
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A branch of a country's military that uses planes to fight and protect the country
System that controls temperature and air movement inside buildings to keep people comfortable
- Specialized
A safety cushion inside a car that fills with air quickly during a crash to protect people
Harmful gases, smoke, and small particles in the air that can damage health or nature
- Specialized
Systems and weapons that protect a place from enemy aircraft or missiles
A branch of the United States military that fights in the air and space
- Specialized
A weapon launched from the ground or a ship to destroy aircraft in the sky
- Specialized
A chamber that lets people move between places with different air pressure while preventing air mixing
The part of the United States military that flies planes and defends the country in the air and space
- Archaic
A former part of the United States Army that flew military planes before the Air Force existed
- Jargon
Military aircraft protect soldiers or ships from enemy attack during an operation
A reserve force of civilian volunteers who support the United States Air Force in war and emergencies
A government officer who travels as a passenger to protect people on planes from hijacking
- Specialized
A large area of air with about the same temperature, humidity, and pressure
A machine that pushes air to a higher pressure to power tools or inflate things
- Specialized
A weapon that one plane fires to destroy another plane in the air
- Specialized
Used from a plane to attack or send messages to targets on the ground
- Jargon
A unit of the United States Air Force larger than a squadron and smaller than a wing
A small, highly trained group of British soldiers who do secret, dangerous missions
Surface Forms
Etymology
Air in the sense of broadcasting comes from the plain idea of air as the open space around us; radio and TV signals travel through that space, so being 'on the air' means being sent out through the open space for people to receive.