Meaning & use
wireless
Operating without a physical wire or cable connection, typically using radio signals.
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She connected her laptop to the wireless network in the coffee shop.
The new headphones are completely wireless and charge in a small case.
A note on using this word
In older British English, wireless was also used as a noun meaning radio, a sense now largely historical.
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Words with an opposite meaning
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