wireless

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UK /ˈwaɪə.ləs/ US /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/

noun 3adj 2verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

last, local, new, new, over, senior, unprotected

My phone finally connected to the new wireless network at the office.

VERB + WIRELESS

access, buy, charge, earphones, like, message, provide, results

I bought wireless earphones last month and they work really well.

WIRELESS + NOUN

area, connection, headphone, headphones, headset, internet, mouse, night

I bought a pair of wireless headphones so I could listen to music while exercising.

PREP.

on, out

I turned on the wireless to listen to the news while cooking dinner.

ADV.

also, relatively

My phone also connects wirelessly to the speaker system in my living room.

Definitions

adj

Not having any wires.

Functioning without an external wired connection.

wireless headphones

wireless charging

noun

The medium of radio communication.

Only about a hundred years ago, wireless was a new technology.

It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”

A wireless connectivity to a computer network.

If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router.

A radio set.

Let's switch on the wireless and listen to the news.

I heard you on my wireless back in '52

verb

To send (a message) by wireless or radio.

At 3:30 A.M. a huge Zeppelin flew across the British battle line, wirelessing down to any Germans still to the westward the best way to get home.

Just outside Piraeus we circled low over a capsized fishing-boat, a grisly wreck in the crystal blue water, and wirelessed a description of it to the mainland.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic

radio

noun — an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and ampl

noun — medium for communication

radio
radiocommunication

Antonyms

wired

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

wireless headphones

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wireless charging

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Ozma, observing this action in her Magic Picture, at once caught up a similar instrument from a table beside her and held it to her own ear. The two instruments recorded the same delicate vibrations o

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Only about a hundred years ago, wireless was a new technology.

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If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, wireless is marked as dated, obsolete, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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