Meaning
A machine that plays music, news and talk sent through the air.
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Word origin
Short for radiotelegraphy, from Latin radius, meaning a ray or beam, because the sound travels out in rays.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- radius
- English cognates
- ray, radius
Grammar
Examples
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"Radio" here means the machine itself.
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We say "on the radio", not "in the radio".
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"Radios" is the plural form.
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