wifi
part of speech
noun (wifi, Wi-Fi; uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Wifi (also written Wi-Fi) is a way of connecting phones, tablets, computers and other devices to the internet or to each other without wires, using radio waves. tree →
2) In everyday talk, «the wifi» means the wireless internet connection in a place: «The wifi is down». tree →
sense in the lessons
In computing lessons, wifi is a wireless network that uses a router; pupils learn that data travels as radio signals. In online-safety lessons, children learn not to join unknown public wifi without an adult and to keep the wifi password private. In everyday life, «What's the wifi password?» is a common question. Phrases: «the wifi password», «free wifi», «connect to the wifi», «wifi signal».
examples
- What's the wifi password? tree →
- The wifi isn't working, so I can't watch my show. tree →
- The cafe has free wifi. tree →
- My tablet connects to the wifi at school. tree →
- The wifi signal is weak in my bedroom. tree →
- Wifi sends information by radio waves. tree →
note
Uncountable: «the wifi», not «a wifi». The official spelling is «Wi-Fi», but «wifi» is common. Pronounced WHY-fy. Wifi is not the same as the internet: wifi connects you to a router, which then connects to the internet.
In the corpora
- Leo in Boston blamed the WiFi, but the quiz website showed he had logged in at eight and played games for an hour.
- «Your WiFi worked fine for the games, buddy.»
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wifi» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.