wireless

«wireless» in Mova's school dictionary: working without wires, using radio waves, like wireless… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (wireless); noun (a wireless, wirelesses — old-fashioned UK: a radio; wireless — wireless technology)

meaning for a pupil

1) Wireless means working without wires, using radio waves, like wireless internet (Wi-Fi), wireless headphones or wireless charging. tree →

2) (old-fashioned UK) A wireless is a radio set. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it describes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and phones. In history lessons, families in the 1930s and 1940s listened to news on the wireless during the war. Phrases: wireless network, wireless headphones, on the wireless.

examples

• Our school has a wireless network in every classroom. tree →
• My wireless headphones need charging. tree →
• In the war, Grandad's family heard the news on the wireless. tree →
• A wireless mouse uses a tiny radio signal. tree →
• Wireless charging works by putting the phone on a pad. tree →
• Turn off the wireless if you don't need it. tree →

note

Adjective usually. The old noun "wireless" (radio) is still heard from grandparents. Safety: don't join unknown public wireless networks for anything private.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wireless» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.