radio

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: ra=di=o

OXFORD DICTIONARY

radio, n. & v.
--n. (pl. -os)
1 (often attrib.) a the transmission and reception of sound messages etc. by electromagnetic waves of radio-frequency (cf. WIRELESS). b an apparatus for receiving, broadcasting, or transmitting radio signals. c a message sent or received by radio.
2 a sound broadcasting in general (prefers the radio). b a broadcasting station or channel (Radio One).
--v. (-oes, -oed)
1 tr. a send (a message) by radio. b send a message to (a person) by radio.
2 intr. communicate or broadcast by radio.

Idiom

radio astronomy the branch of astronomy concerned with the radio-frequency range of the electromagnetic spectrum. radio cab (or car) a cab or car equipped with a two-way radio. radio fix the position of an aircraft, ship, etc., found by radio. radio galaxy a galaxy emitting radiation in the radio-frequency range of the electromagnetic spectrum. radio ham see HAM. radio star a small star etc. emitting strong radio waves. radio telescope a directional aerial system for collecting and analysing radiation in the radio-frequency range from stars etc.

Etymology

short for radio-telegraphy etc.

THESAURUS

radio

AM receiver, AM tuner, AM-FM receiver, AM-FM tuner, CB, RDF, Teletype, Wirephoto, advice, adviser, air, announce, announcer, annunciator, audio-frequency, authority, auto radio, automation, aviation radio, avionics, battery radio, beam, broadcast, broadcast journalism, cabinet, cable, channel, chassis, citizens band, communicant, communication, communicational, communications, communicator, console, crystal set, disseminate, electron microscopy, electron optics, electron physics, electronic engineering, electronics, electrophysics, enlightener, expert witness, facsimile, flash, gossipmonger, grapevine, heterodyne, high-frequency, housing, informant, information, information center, information medium, informer, intelligence, interviewee, journalism, line radio, magnetotelephonic, microtelephonic, monitor, monotelephonic, mouthpiece, multiplex receiver, news, news agency, news medium, news service, newscast, newsiness, newsletter, newsmagazine, newsmonger, newspaper, newsworthiness, notifier, photoelectricity, phototelegraphic, pocket radio, present, press, press association, public relations officer, publisher, radar, radiate, radio direction finder, radio receiver, radio set, radio telescope, radio-record player, radiobroadcast, radionics, radiophone, radiophotography, radiotelegraphic, radiotelegraphy, radiotelephony, railroad radio, receiver, receiving set, regenerative receiver, relay receiver, reportage, reporter, send, send a wire, set, ship-to-shore radio, shortwave, sign off, sign on, signal, source, spokesman, sportscast, superheterodyne, table radio, telecommunicational, telegram, telegraph, telegraph agency, telegraphic, telephonic, telephotographic, television, telex, teller, the fourth estate, the press, thermotelephonic, tidings, tipster, tout, transceiver, transistor, transistor physics, transmit, transmit-receiver, tuner, walkie-talkie, wire, wire service, wire wave communication, wired radio, wired wireless, wireless, wireless set, wireless telegraphy, wireless telephony, witness, word

ROGET THESAURUS

radio

News

N news, information, piece of news, budget of news, budget of information, intelligence, tidings, word, advice, aviso, message, dispatch, despatch, telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy, report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame, talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping, town tattle, table talk, tittle tattle, canard, topic of the day, idea afloat, bulletin, fresh news, stirring news, glad tidings, flash, news just in, on-the-spot coverage, live coverage, old story, old news, stale news, stale story, chestnut, narrator, newsmonger, scandalmonger, talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler, journalism, media, news media, the press, the information industry, newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication, radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission), United Press International, UPI, Associated Press, AP, The Dow Jones News Service, DJ, The New York Times News Service, NYT, Reuters, TASS, The Nikkei, newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department, anchorman, anchorwoman, sportscaster, weatherman, press secretary, public relations department, public relations man, many-tongued, rumored, publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported, rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town, in progress, live, on the spot, in person, as the story goes, as the story runs, as they say, it is said, by telegraph, by wireless, airy tongues that syllable men's names, what's up?, what's the latest?, what's new?, what's the latest poop?.