{
    "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."
}