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Meaning of radio in English

radio
noun
uk
/ˈreɪ.di.əʊ/ us
/ˈreɪ.di.oʊ/
plural radios
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A1 [ C ]
a piece of electronic equipment used for listening to radio broadcasts:
a car radio
I switched on the radio.
 
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A1 [ S or U ]
the programmes that you hear when you listen to the radio:
I heard a good programme on the radio last night.
I don't listen to radio much.
B1 [ U ]
the system or work of broadcasting sound programmes for the public to listen to:
a local radio station
She's got some kind of job in radio.
[ C or U ]
a piece of electronic equipment that can send and receive spoken messages or signals, or the messages or signals that are sent or received:
We sent a message over the radio/by radio.
The children got radio-controlled toy cars for Christmas.
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radio
verb [ I or T ]
uk
/ˈreɪ.di.əʊ/ us
/ˈreɪ.di.oʊ/
to send a message to someone by radio:
We'll have to radio for more supplies.
They radioed their base for help.
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(Definition of radio from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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radio
noun [ C/U ]
us
/ˈreɪ·diˌoʊ/
plural radios
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a device for receiving, and sometimes broadcasting, sound messages, or the receiving or sending of sound messages:
[ C ] I listen to the radio in the morning to get the weather report.
Radio is also the work of broadcasting sound programs for the public to listen to.
physics
Radio waves are the energy waves of a certain length that are used in radio broadcasts.
radio
verb [ I/T ]
us
/ˈreɪ·diˌoʊ/
present participle radioing | past tense and past participle radioed
to send a message to someone by radio:
[ I/T ] They radioed (their base) for help.
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Examples of radio

radio
Radio's miserably inadequate rendering makes manifest a universal truth.
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As an example, imagine that the tuning dials of 2 radios are being turned in the same direction in small sudden twists of random size.
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If minor differences between variants can be distinguished, we must imagine that the radios are extremely sensitive and the spectrum is crowded.
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In the meantime, however, they often monitor the ongoing interaction on their own radios.
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Then the lists of stations tuned in by the sudden twists of the dials will probably be very different for the 2 radios.
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The most commonly owned modern objects were watches or clocks (45% of households), radios (29%) and electricity (25%).
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He does not want to turn on radios.
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He just finds himself impelled to turn on radios.
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As lights, air conditioners, radios, television sets were rendered useless, news weather updates, and health advice were hard to get.
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With the increasing ownership of transistor radios in rural areas, public communications may become increasingly valuable for maintaining awareness of family planning.
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Researchers suggest that printed material has one major advantage over both television and radios: copies can be kept for reference.
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The analysis of the structural organization of conversational interaction with pushto-talk mobile radios focuses on the contour of the conversational exchange.
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Design and implementation of software radios using a general purpose processor.
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In total, approximately 50 hours of audio was recorded during the week, including face-to-face conversational interaction, conversational exchanges that occurred via the mobile radios, and interviews.
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Fishing vessels larger than 18 m in length employ advanced fishing and navigation technologies, involving the use of sonar systems, echo sounders, radios, radar and electricity generators.
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Collocations with radio

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advent of radio
The process of decoupling became much more pronounced with the advent of radio and other uses of electromagnetic radiation, which travel across space with minimal disruption of the earth's surface.
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amateur radio
It is to be expected that even the amateur radio astronomy community might have the resources to check the habstars listed.
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analogue radio
I am personally uncomfortable about the idea that broadcasters who represent specific religions might have access nationally to analogue radio.
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Translations of radio

in Chinese (Traditional)
收音機, 廣播節目, （無線電）廣播系統…
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收音机, 广播节目, （无线电）广播系统…
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radio, la radio, enviar por radio…
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rádio, o rádio, comunicar-se por rádio com…
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रेडिओ, रेडिओवरील कार्यक्रम, रेडिओ केंद्र…
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ラジオ, 無線通信（機）, ラジオ放送（ほうそう）…
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radyo, telsiz, telsiz haberleşmesi…
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radio [feminine], (de) radio, envoyer un message radio…
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ràdio…
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வானொலி ஒலிபரப்புகளைக் கேட்பதற்குப் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் மின்னணு உபகரணங்களின் ஒரு பகுதி, வானொலியைக் கேட்கும்போது நீங்கள் கேட்கும் நிகழ்ச்சிகள், பொதுமக்கள் கேட்க ஒலி நிகழ்ச்சிகளை ஒளிபரப்பும் அமைப்பு அல்லது பணி…
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रेडियो, रेडियो के कार्यक्रम, रेडियो प्रसारण…
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રેડિયો, આકાશવાણી કાર્યક્રમ, રેડિયો સ્ટેશન…
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radio, -radio, radio-…
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radio, radiosända…
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radio, penerimaan maklumat melalui gelombang radio…
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das Radio, Radio-…, senden…
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radio [masculine], radio, kringkasting…
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ریڈیو, ریڈیو(عوام کے لئےصوتی پروگرام نشر کرنے کا نظام یا کام)…
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радіо, передавати по радіо…
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రేడియో, మీరు రేడియో పెట్టినప్పుడు వినే కార్యక్రమాలు, జనం వినడం కోసం శబ్ద కార్యక్రమాలను ప్రసారం చేసే పని లేదా వ్యవస్థ…
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রেডিও, বেতার, রেডিও অনুষ্ঠান…
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rádio(vý), volat rádiem…
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radio, mengirim berita lewat radio…
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วิทยุ, ติดต่อกันทางวิทยุ…
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máy thu thanh, gửi tin bằng ra-đi-ô…
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radio, łączyć się lub nadawać drogą radiową, wezwać/nadać przez radio…
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라디오(장치), 무선 통신…
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radio, radiofonico, radiotrasmettere…
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