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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wireless/#m1)

2) (old-fashioned UK) A wireless is a radio set. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wireless/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wireless/#x1)
- My wireless headphones need charging. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wireless/#x2)
- In the war, Grandad's family heard the news on the wireless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wireless/#x3)
- A wireless mouse uses a tiny radio signal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wireless/#x4)
- Wireless charging works by putting the phone on a pad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wireless/#x5)
- Turn off the wireless if you don't need it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wireless/#x6)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wireless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.