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Broadcasting or transmitting through the medium of radio or television.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, media, radio, television
Examples
- Julie is on air now, presenting the weather forecast.
- Channel 9 will be on air in a few minutes, giving a live broadcast.
- The transmitter remained on air all through the war.
- The microphone was on air, and the whole country heard the outburst.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: on the air
Antonyms: off air
Being, or so as to be, broadcast or transmitted by radio or television.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, media, radio, television
Examples
- Don't interrupt while the program is on air.
- This show isn't on air at the moment — it's only on in the summer.
- The popular television series was on air for ten years before it finally ended.
- Was his interview on air?
- We can't put this material on air.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Smoothly; gracefully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Happily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Won with a high card though capturing only small cards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bridge, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, air.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
very happily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we were floating on air at the news
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The broadcasting sense derives from the early use of radio, literally sending the transmission on the air waves.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عَلَى الْمُبَاشِرِ
(ʕalā l-mubāširi)
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Belarusian:
у эфі́ры
(u efíry)
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Catalan:
en directe
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Chinese Mandarin:
直播
(zhíbō)
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Dutch:
rechtstreeks
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Finnish:
lähetyksessä
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Finnish:
lähettää
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Finnish:
lähetys käynnissä
— broadcasting or transmitting
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French:
à l’antenne
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Galician:
no aire
— broadcasting or transmitting
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German:
auf Sendung
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Hebrew:
באוויר
(ba'avir)
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Icelandic:
þetta er
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Italian:
in onda
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Japanese:
放送中の
(hōsōchū no)
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Japanese:
オンエアーの
(on eā no)
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Polish:
na antenie
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Portuguese:
no ar
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Russian:
в эфи́ре
(v efíre)
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Russian:
в прямо́м эфи́ре
(v prjamóm efíre)
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Spanish:
en el aire
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Spanish:
en antena
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Ukrainian:
в ефі́рі
(v efíri)
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Urdu:
بَراہِ راسْت
(barāh-i rāst)
— broadcasting or transmitting
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Chinese Mandarin:
在播
(zàibō)
— being broadcast
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Finnish:
ohjelmistossa
— being broadcast
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Russian:
в эфире
(v efire)
— being broadcast
