- radio
- [[t]re͟ɪdioʊ[/t]]
♦radios, radioing, radioed1) N-UNCOUNT: oft N n Radio is the broadcasting of programmes for the public to listen to, by sending out signals from a transmitter.
The last 12 months have been difficult ones for local radio...
The announcement was broadcast on radio and television.
...Britain's first national commercial radio station.
...BBC Radio 4.
2) N-SING: the N You can refer to the programmes broadcast by radio stations as the radio.A lot of people tend to listen to the radio in the mornings...
He's been on the radio a lot recently...
They've been saying on the radio she was missing.
3) N-COUNT A radio is the piece of equipment that you use in order to listen to radio programmes.He sat down in the armchair and turned on the radio.
4) N-UNCOUNT: oft N n Radio is a system of sending sound over a distance by transmitting electrical signals.They are in twice daily radio contact with the rebel leader.
...radio waves.
5) N-COUNT A radio is a piece of equipment that is used for sending and receiving messages.Judge Bruce Laughland praised the courage of the young constable, who managed to raise the alarm on his radio...
The radio message was brief.
6) VERB If you radio someone, you send a message to them by radio.[V adv/prep] The officer radioed for advice...
[V that] A few minutes after take-off, the pilot radioed that a fire had broken out. [Also V n, V]
English dictionary. 2008.
