wireless

American  

[wahyuhr-lis] / ˈwaɪər lɪs /

adjective

1. having no wire.

2. noting or pertaining to any of various devices that are operated with or actuated by electromagnetic waves.

3. Chiefly British. radio.

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noun

1. wireless telegraphy or telephony.

2. a wireless telegraph or telephone, or the like.

3. any system or device, as a cell phone, for transmitting messages or signals by electromagnetic waves.

4. a wireless message.

5. Chiefly British. radio.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to telegraph or telephone by wireless.

wireless British  

/ ˈwaɪəlɪs /

adjective

1. communicating without connecting wires or other material contacts

   wireless networks

   wireless internet connection

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noun

1. old-fashioned another word for radio

Other Word Forms

• prewireless adjective
• wirelessly adverb
• wirelessness noun

Etymology

Origin of wireless

First recorded in 1890–95; wire + -less

Example Sentences

Participants recorded everything they ate using a mobile app and weighed themselves daily with a wireless scale.

From Science Daily

“I need you to be patient with me,” I told Trey, using my wireless headphones.

From Literature

The government’s policy goal was to stand up a fourth competitor in the wireless market to Verizon, AT&T and the new T-Mobile-Sprint.

From The Wall Street Journal

Citi analyst Michael Rollins wrote that the broader set of bidders could make the auction more competitive, “especially given the compatibility of this spectrum with a broad diversity of devices and current wireless networks.”

From Barron's

That disruptive power was on display in the recent bidding for wireless spectrum.

From Barron's