radio
∞
1.0
- noun
- /ˈreɪdioʊ/
- Many people still enjoy getting news updates through the radio every day.
- a radio station
- listen to the radio
- a radio broadcast
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Watch on YouTubeDirect mail still works, radio still works, Google still works.
- Direct mail still works, radio still works, Google still works.
- He was a he originally wrote radio plays for The Shadow.
- Then I went on the open channel on the radio and I said, I said.
- You know, FDR was radio, JFK was TV, Trump was Twitter.
- She had a talk show on radio and it was a huge sensation.
- The source might change from print to radio to TV to social media.
- I think mainstream media still the newspapers, the big radio and TV channels.
Examples
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If you hear me on the radio, hello.
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I love listening to music on the radio while driving to work.
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This was when radio was king of all media.
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And ever since I left radio, I have missed it.
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Direct mail still works, radio still works, Google still works.
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We hear most everything on the radio these days.
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Howard came up at a time where radio was way more dominant.
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By now I know the language well enough to follow radio and TV broadcasts without difficulty.
Academic text (2008) -
He doesn't seem to want to listen to anything... except maybe a baseball game on the radio.
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A celebration was held in her honor at Chicago’s Soldier Field, while hundreds of thousands more listened on radios all across the country.
Synonyms
61
3.7
The radio and television signals that carry programs to many people
55
3.4
A way of sending radio broadcasts by changing the wave's frequency
22
3.1
A system for sending signals without wires, often by radio
22
2.1
A program sent by radio for people to listen to
Compounds
177
1.3
A place that makes and sends shows you hear on radio or online, like news and music
- Specialized
19
4.1
A range of waves used to send wireless signals, for example in radios or phones
- Specialized
4
3.9
A device that picks up wireless signals and turns them into sound or data
- Specialized
3
4.2
A way of studying space by finding radio waves from stars and galaxies
- Archaic
1
4.4
A service that sends radio programs to homes and buildings through cable instead of through the air
- Specialized
1
4.0
Waves that carry sound and pictures through the air, like radio and TV signals
- Specialized
1
4.8
A narrow radio signal that helps pilots find the runway in poor visibility
1
4.4
A play made for listening on radio or audio recordings with actors, music, and sound effects
- Specialized
1
8.0
A group of two or more radio antennas that work together to make clearer images of space
- Specialized
1
5.6
An observation of space objects made with a telescope that detects radio waves
- Specialized
1
4.5
A range of radio waves used to send signals for radio, TV and mobile phones
1
3.5
A radio you change stations on by pressing preset buttons instead of turning a dial
- Specialized
1
4.2
A system that finds distant objects like planes or ships by sending radio pulses and hearing echoes
- Archaic
1
9.9
A bright object far away in space that looks like a star and sends strong radio waves
- Specialized
1
7.3
How strong radio waves from an object in space are when a radio telescope detects them
- Specialized
A method that uses radio waves to measure energy changes in atoms or molecules
- Specialized
A system of radio stations that help pilots find their position and direction
How Immersive
- Specialized
43
4.5
1
9.9
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Radio comes from the Latin radius, meaning 'ray', and kept the idea of sending out from a center, so radio names the system that sends sound as invisible waves to many people.