Meaning of Wireless | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The medium of radio communication.
   uncountable, usually
2. A wireless connectivity to a computer network.
   uncountable, usually
3. A radio set.
   British, dated, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“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. […]””

“If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router.”

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

“I heard you on my wireless back in '52”

“In the corner of that dark back room stood a black and white television—their one nod to modernity—and beside it, two old wirelesses and a headset that had not seen action since the TV arrived.”

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