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RAYD-ee-oh/ˈreɪdiəʊ/

A device that plays music and news from stations is the radio. Listen to the radio / on the radio. Turn the radio on. Television has pictures; radio is sound. Radius is a maths word — later.

Meaning

A device that plays music and news from radio stations.

Examples

• “We listen to the radio in the car.”
• “Turn on the radio, please.”
• “I heard it on the radio this morning.”

Good to know

listen to the radio / on the radio. Sound, not pictures.

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