wireless

UK /ˈwaɪə.ləs/ US /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/
noun 3adj 2verb 1

Definitions

adj

1

Not having any wires.

2

Functioning without an external wired connection.

wireless headphones

wireless charging

noun

1

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. […]”

2

A wireless connectivity to a computer network.

If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router.

3

A radio set.

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

I heard you on my wireless back in '52

verb

1

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.

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