radio set
2
2.3
- noun
- /ˈreɪdioʊ sɛt/
- Archaic
:
radio
- Everyone who worked on the main range was gathered around an airman with earphones who sat next to a radio set.
- sell a radio set
- own radio sets
- only 150 radio sets
This is why the printing press and the radio set in the end empowered humanity that you now have more power to disseminate your ideas.
- This is why the printing press and the radio set in the end empowered humanity that you now have more power to disseminate your ideas.
Examples
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A large radio set rested on a wooden table next to the window.
Fiction book (1998) -
Belle was in a corner of the living room listening to the crystal radio set.
Fiction book (1990) -
I used to have a ham radio set, and I used to sit up all night long and listen for distress signals.
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He is dressed and at a study table, listening with cheap earphones to a homemade crystal radio set.
Fiction book (1991) -
On the eve of Jones's arrival in 1929, only 150 radio sets existed in Ecuador, or about 1 set per 1,000 people.
Academic text (2007) -
The family gathered around the radio set to listen to their favorite show.
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She tuned the radio set to a station that played classic hits from the 80s.
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He bought a new radio set to enjoy music while he worked in the garden.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A small machine that plays music and news sent through the air
207
3.4
A machine like a television or radio
5
4.4
A device that receives radio or television signals to give sound and pictures
5
5.3
A device that receives radio broadcasts for people to listen to
2
3.9
A device that picks up wireless signals and turns them into sound or data
1
6.1
A machine like a radio that receives and makes broadcast signals stronger
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an electronic device that receives radio signals' is directly derivable from combining 'radio' (the signal/device type) with 'set' (a piece of equipment or receiver). This is a straightforward noun–noun composition where 'set' marks a device, a pattern common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Radio set comes from early times when a radio was a set of parts, boxes, wires and a speaker, that together caught radio signals. So the image of a 'set' of parts is why radio set now means the single machine you use to 'listen' to music and news.