Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The medium of radio communication.

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

    medium for communication

  2. (uncountable, usually)A wireless connectivity to a computer network.

    If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router.

    WLAN

  3. (UK, dated, uncountable, usually)A radio set.

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

    Funk, Rundfunk, Radio

    ра́диоrádio

    transmission by radio waves

Examples

16 sentences
  1. He sent a message by wireless.

    ruОн отправил сообщение по радио. — sharptoothed

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  2. Yanni had an unprotected wireless connection.

  3. Should I buy a wireless mouse?

    deSollte ich eine Funkmaus kaufen? — Yorwba

  4. Many libraries also provide wireless local area network.

    ruМногие библиотеки также предоставляют беспроводную локальную сеть. — Biga

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  5. I forgot to charge my wireless headset last night.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
radio:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
wireless connectivity to a computer network:
radio:

Forms

plural: wirelesses
Singularwireless

uncountable

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves:radio
  • medium for communication:radioradiocommunication
  • an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals:radio receiverreceiving setradio setradiotuner

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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