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{
"term": "radio",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the activity of broadcasting programmes for people to listen to; the programmes that are broadcast",
"sensetop": "on radioon the radio",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The play was written specially for radio."
},
{
"text": "I **listen to the radio** on the way to work."
},
{
"text": "The interview was broadcast **on radio and television**.",
"contextForm": "on radio"
},
{
"text": "Did you **hear** the interview with him **on the radio**?",
"contextForm": "on the radio"
},
{
"text": "national radio"
},
{
"text": "a **radio programme/show/broadcast/interview**"
},
{
"text": "a **radio station/network**"
},
{
"text": "a **radio host**"
},
{
"text": "**FM/commercial radio**"
},
{
"text": "**digital/satellite radio**"
},
{
"text": "The radio announced that the president had been assassinated."
},
{
"text": "The song is currently getting heavy radio airplay."
},
{
"text": "the largest radio broadcaster in the US"
}
],
"topics": ["Music", "TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["car", "CB", "hand-held"],
"verb + radio": ["listen to", "tune in to", "tune"],
"radio + verb": [
"announce something",
"report something",
"play (something)"
],
"radio + noun": ["alarm", "receiver", "set"],
"preposition": ["by radio", "on the radio"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a piece of equipment used for listening to programmes that are broadcast to the public",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **turn the radio on/off**"
},
{
"text": "to **have the radio on**"
},
{
"text": "a car radio"
},
{
"text": "His radio is permanently tuned to Heart FM."
},
{
"text": "He drove along with his windows open and the radio blaring out."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["car", "CB", "hand-held"],
"verb + radio": ["listen to", "tune in to", "tune"],
"radio + verb": [
"announce something",
"report something",
"play (something)"
],
"radio + noun": ["alarm", "receiver", "set"],
"preposition": ["by radio", "on the radio"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the process of sending and receiving messages through the air using electromagnetic waves",
"sensetop": "by radio",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was unable to contact Blake by radio.",
"contextForm": "by radio"
},
{
"text": "to keep in radio contact"
},
{
"text": "**radio frequencies/signals/communications**"
},
{
"text": "It was fascinating to listen to the radio chatter from the ships."
},
{
"text": "The message was sent by radio."
},
{
"text": "The troops maintained a strict radio silence while they moved into position."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["car", "CB", "hand-held"],
"verb + radio": ["listen to", "tune in to", "tune"],
"radio + verb": [
"announce something",
"report something",
"play (something)"
],
"radio + noun": ["alarm", "receiver", "set"],
"preposition": ["by radio", "on the radio"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a piece of equipment, for example on ships or planes, for sending and receiving radio signals",
"sensetop": "on/over a radio",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They heard the gale warning over the ship’s radio.",
"contextForm": "on/over a radio"
},
{
"text": "The airline company failed to reach the plane on its radio."
},
{
"text": "There were calls for cab radios to link train drivers and signal boxes."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by water"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["car", "CB", "hand-held"],
"verb + radio": ["listen to", "tune in to", "tune"],
"radio + verb": [
"announce something",
"report something",
"play (something)"
],
"radio + noun": ["alarm", "receiver", "set"],
"preposition": ["by radio", "on the radio"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreɪdiəʊ/",
"audio": "ra/radio/radio__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreɪdiəʊ/",
"audio": "ra/radio/radio__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 20th cent.: abbreviation of radio-telephony."
}