radio
/ˈɹeɪ.diˌoʊ/noun, verb, adjective3 syllables
Radio means: an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals.
Synonyms for radio7
noun, as in an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
noun, as in medium for communication
noun, as in a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
What does radio mean?5
noun
an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
medium for communication
a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
adjective
indicating radiation or radioactivity“radiochemistry”
verb
transmit messages via radio waves“he radioed for help”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Radio in a sentence
- When the program finished, we switched the radio off.CM
- Newspapers, television, and radio are called the mass media.CK
- He drove the car, listening to music on the radio.CM
- Last night you forgot to turn off the radio, didn't you?CK
- George, if you are not listening to the radio, turn it off.CN
- According to the radio, it will rain tomorrow.Zifre
- According to the radio, it will snow tomorrow.CC
- Optical radar uses light, unlike normal radar, which uses radio waves.riccioberto
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of radio
as a noun
- plural
- radios
as a verb
- past tense
- radioed
- present participle
- radioing
- third-person singular
- radios
- past participle
- radioed