radio
(reɪdioʊ )
Word forms: radios , radioing , radioed
1. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun] A1
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. singular noun A1
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. countable noun A1
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. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun] B1+
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. countable noun A1
A radio is a piece of equipment that is used for sending and receiving messages.
...the young constable who managed to raise the alarm on his radio.
The radio message was brief.
6. verb B2
If you radio someone, you send a message to them by radio.
The officer radioed for advice. [VERB adverb/preposition]
A few minutes after take-off, the pilot radioed that a fire had broken out. [VERB that]
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Collocations:
police radio radio ahead radio drama radio recording radio report radio reporter radio scanner radio show radio signal radio spot radio studio radio transmission radio transmitter radio voice satellite radio short-wave radio tune a radio two-way radio wireless radio
He tried to call for help on his police radio but it had stopped working.
The Sun
But after listening in to police radio messages the gang realised their safe house was likely to be discovered.
The Sun
The coroner will also raise concerns that the police radio system nearly crashed and there was poor communication between police and ambulance service chiefs.
The Sun
He makes her switch her police radio off.
The Sun
In a recording of intercepted police radio chatter, which has also been posted, several snipers are heard taking orders and co-ordinating the firing.
Times, Sunday Times
Griffin succumbs to his injuries before he can radio ahead.
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A cop in plain clothes stood by a busy road and radioed ahead to traffic officers to stop people he saw committing crimes.
The Sun
I had radioed ahead, just to make sure certain lanes of traffic were opened for us, so we could make it to the course with time to spare.
Times, Sunday Times
I have loved writing radio drama all these years.
Times, Sunday Times
Every two years, radio drama goes interactive, inviting us to write the plot, invent the characters or choose the outcome.
Times, Sunday Times
His shy, loping presence belies his legendary status in the world of radio drama.
Times, Sunday Times
Structured as a series of video confessionals, it feels like a filmed stage play or even an expanded radio drama.
Times, Sunday Times
I know controllers like to say radio drama gets audiences of several hundred thousand.
Times, Sunday Times
They are performing the show as mock radio recording sessions, with microphones and scripts in hand.
Times, Sunday Times
It was taken from the bootlegged radio recording and cleaned up digitally.
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Most recently, portable satellite radio recording devices contribute to this royalty fund.
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The surviving radio recordings include both its audition shows.
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The foundation's extensive archive includes store records in all formats, radio recordings, interviews, photos, negatives, videos in various formats, propaganda advertising, magazines, artwork, paintings, and other collectibles.
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The lieutenant was 'stunned by the blast', his citation claimed, but quickly recovered and sent a radio report calling for a medical evacuation helicopter.
Times, Sunday Times
The radio report said the two had 12 hours to appeal.
Houston Chronicle
The standard expository radio report announces that the roads will be blocked for six weeks.
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Early radio reports of the event are full of misinformation, especially about the symptoms.
Times,Sunday Times
Films, photos and radio reports describe in real time the experiences of seven people who were there.
The Sun
A local radio reporter who revealed the grim tale refused to be named for fear of reprisals.
The Sun
A radio reporter who asked him whether he had the stomach for the fight was lucky to escape with little more than a rebuke.
Times, Sunday Times
The radio reporter also states that you can fry eggs on your sidewalk and heat up soup in the oceans.
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As mentioned by a radio reporter, all citizens are to remain indoors and be prepared for a looter rampage.
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Government officials took reporters' notes from their desks and warned a radio reporter not to play a recorded interview with the ranch hand.
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Under his bed was 85,000 in cash and an emergency services radio scanner tuned into police channels.
Times, Sunday Times
The tags include a glass-encased microchip with a unique identification number that cannot be altered but can be read by a low-frequency radio scanner.
Globe and Mail
Its products now include equipment for radio amateurs, pilots, maritime applications, land mobile professional applications and radio scanner enthusiasts.
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Conversation on many early cordless telephones could be picked up with a simple radio scanner or sometimes even a domestic radio.
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Radio scanners were also heavily used to listen in on emergency services and storm spotters so as to determine where the most active or dangerous weather was located.
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The performance was discovered by accident at the end of a radio show tape.
The Sun (2007)
The hot-headed chef is planning to front a radio show in the UK.
The Sun (2016)
At the hotel they met a local radio show host who asked them to do an interview about their relationship.
The Sun (2015)
He has a nationwide radio show on which he expands on his hatred of surveillance and big government.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This was huge, but the play kicked off at twelve noon, right in the middle of my radio show.
The Sun (2008)
When activated, the wrist device emits a powerful radio signal, which the base station receives.
Times, Sunday Times
When went into space and sent back its radio signal, it seemed to me little more than a stunt.
Times, Sunday Times
An encrypted radio signal delivered to the referee's watch within one second indicates whether it crossed the line.
Times, Sunday Times
Read in sequential order, they more closely resemble a radio signal, getting increasingly clearer.
The Times Literary Supplement
They emit a radio signal that can track the location of an object or person or pick up sound.
The Sun
He has written a syndicated column on political matters, hosted a brief, weekly radio spot on literary trivia and poetry, opened a bookstore, and published several novels.
Times, Sunday Times
They stay up all night talking, and do a radio spot in the morning.
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Radio spots and newspaper ads weren't much cheaper.
Christianity Today
Most events were publicized via several channels, such as direct mail, stories or advertisements in the local newspaper, posters, flyers, radio spots, the local grapevine, and telephone calls.
Christianity Today
It contains previously unreleased material as well as alternative takes and a large number of promotional radio spots and advertising endorsements.
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Scripts in hand, they speak into a set of mikes as if in a radio studio.
Times, Sunday Times
One can only imagine with happiness the irritation that having a radio studio landing in their entrance hall will cause.
Times, Sunday Times
What nobody realised was the prime minister was being filmed in the radio studio.
Times, Sunday Times
No room, it was 3m x 4m - smaller than your average radio studio.
Times, Sunday Times
The cameras were simply brought into the radio studio to televise the radio broadcast of the show.
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Thieves have begun using wireless transmitters held close to a target vehicle to capture its radio transmission.
Times, Sunday Times
It relies on a dedicated radio transmission to re-set itself at least once every day.
Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps those listening to the radio transmission would have enjoyed it more.
Times,Sunday Times
He suspected the radio transmission was army propaganda to demoralise him.
Times, Sunday Times
This research led to the continuous wave theory, which was an early method of radio transmission.
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The mother was fitted with a radio transmitter to monitor their movements.
The Sun (2012)
Previously a radio transmitter had provided the isles with painfully slow internet speeds.
The Sun (2014)
He switched on the radio transmitter.
Bomber
The rebels also plan to begin broadcasting soon from a radio transmitter in Malta.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He spent his first week trying to get his radio transmitter down from some high branches in a tree where it had got caught.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She's a natural radio voice too: warm, engaging and witty.
Times, Sunday Times
He spent much of his free time honing his radio voice into a tape recorder.
Times, Sunday Times
A radio voice or name breaks through your barriers.
The Sun
His voice has also been described as tentative and not a vibrating personality or a great radio voice but reflecting almost painful sincerity.
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This upgrade included new 9-1-1 equipment and a new telephone and radio voice recorder.
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The team has only three satellite radio collars left.
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That could lead to a 'hub and spoke' set-up with larger regional centres surrounded by small satellite radio studios.
Times, Sunday Times
I'd selected a 'classic vinyl' station on the car's satellite radio and this did not meet with his approval.
Times, Sunday Times
His rise was meteoric, to the point that, within a few years, he was seemingly everywhere, spreading the word of football via podcasts, television, satellite radio and the web.
Times, Sunday Times
He was the first broadcaster with a large national following to join the field of satellite radio.
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Short-wave radio listening both intrigued and excited me at home and at night.
Times, Sunday Times
I wept when my short-wave radio failed.
Times, Sunday Times
Knowledge gained via interest in short-wave radio enabled him to find work as a technician within the electronics industry.
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That passion for language spilled over into a short-wave radio obsession, listening to foreign broadcasts.
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Beyond the commercial bands, he listened to short-wave radio and became a radio amateur.
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The driver can spend an uncomfortable amount of time with their eyes off the road when trying to do everyday things such as tune the radio or adjust the heating.
Times, Sunday Times
A pilot approaching the runway would tune his radio to the broadcast frequency and listen for the signal.
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It contains very little content, except for the frequency to tune the radio to.
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This provided frequency stability, obviating the need to tune the radio again, once a frequency was set.
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One day, 14 and bored, he tuned the radio in to a station devoted to ball-by-ball commentaries.
Times, Sunday Times
He jumped nimbly off the porch, crouched down in the darkness, and called up Miguel on his two-way radio.
THE DEVIL'S DOOR
He spoke into a two-way radio.
The Crossing-Place (1993)
All for want of a two-way radio.
The Sun (2008)
His two-way radio crackles with news of wounded protesters as he ferries medical supplies to underground doctors in his car, which doubles as an ambulance.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The term calls to mind a small room of dusty crates and muttering locals, with garlic bulbs hanging from a nail and an ancient wireless radio in the corner.
Times, Sunday Times
Bulky wireless radio sets allowed two-way communication between troops.
Times, Sunday Times
Shortly after completion of the telegraph line wireless radio began to augment and replace the telegraph lines.
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Three wireless radio stations were established on the beach to maintain contact with the fleet.
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A new heating system was installed in 1913 and wireless radio in 1914.
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Translations:
Chinese: 无线电
Japanese: ラジオ
- picky eater
- picnic
- picnic area
- picnic bench
- picnic blanket
- picnic chair
- picnic dinner
- picnic food
- picnicker
- pictogram
- pictograph
- pictorial
- pictorial history
- pictorially
- pictorial representation
- picture
- picture a scene
- picture book
- picture-book
- picture caption
- pictured above
- picture emerges
- picture library
- picture message
- picture messaging