"on air" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Etymology: Broadcasting sense derived from early use of radio, literally sending the transmission on the air waves Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on air, {{en-PP}} on air
  1. Broadcasting or transmitting through the medium of radio or television. Translations (broadcasting or transmitting): عَلَى الْمُبَاشِرِ (ʕalā l-mubāširi) (Arabic), у эфі́ры (u efíry) (Belarusian), en directe (Catalan), 直播 (zhíbō) (Chinese Mandarin), rechtstreeks (Dutch), lähetyksessä (Finnish), lähettää (english: to be on air) (Finnish), lähetys käynnissä (english: when used alone or with olla) (Finnish), à l’antenne (French), no aire (Galician), auf Sendung (German), באוויר (ba'avir) (Hebrew), þetta er (Icelandic), in onda (Italian), 放送中の (hōsōchū no) (alt: ほうそうちゅうの) (Japanese), オンエアーの (on eā no) (Japanese), na antenie (Polish), no ar (Portuguese), в эфи́ре (v efíre) (Russian), в прямо́м эфи́ре (v prjamóm efíre) (Russian), en el aire (Spanish), en antena (Spanish), в ефі́рі (v efíri) (Ukrainian), بَراہِ راسْت (barāh-i rāst) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-on_air-en-prep_phrase-aRMdZNaC Disambiguation of 'broadcasting or transmitting': 86 6 0 0 5 3
  2. Being, or so as to be, broadcast or transmitted by radio or television. Translations (being broadcast): ohjelmistossa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-on_air-en-prep_phrase-DksNwpCy Disambiguation of 'being broadcast': 40 60 0 0 0 0
  3. Smoothly; gracefully.
    Sense id: en-on_air-en-prep_phrase-kC7gdknA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 42 0 41 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 1 48 0 41 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 44 0 38 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 47 0 35 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 3 2 49 0 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 4 2 49 0 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 2 53 0 31 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 2 48 0 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 1 49 0 35 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 2 49 0 35 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 4 2 49 0 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 2 53 0 31 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 3 2 48 0 35 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 1 51 0 35 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 1 51 0 33 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 1 44 0 39 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 2 52 0 30 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 1 53 0 31 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 1 55 0 31 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 1 54 0 28 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 4 2 49 0 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 3 2 49 0 33 13
  4. Happily.
    Sense id: en-on_air-en-prep_phrase-gCTsy6Tk
  5. (bridge, of a trick) Won with a high card though capturing only small cards. Categories (topical): Bridge
    Sense id: en-on_air-en-prep_phrase-v9ErIL7y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 42 0 41 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 1 48 0 41 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 44 0 38 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 1 44 0 39 12 Topics: bridge, games
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, air. Synonyms: on the air [broadcasting, media], on-air [attributive, especially]
    Sense id: en-on_air-en-prep_phrase-7T-WREPL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 42 0 41 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 44 0 38 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 1 44 0 39 12

Alternative forms

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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “broadcasting”",
      "word": "off air"
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            "bor": "1",
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          "expansion": "→ Japanese: オンエア (on'ea)",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Japanese: オンエア (on'ea)"
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  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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        {
          "text": "Julie is on air now, presenting the weather forecast.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Channel 9 will be on air in a few minutes, giving a live broadcast.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The transmitter remained on air all through the war.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The microphone was on air, and the whole country heard the outburst.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Focus on Africa: BBC Magazine - Volumes 14-15, page 43:",
          "text": "It can get very hectic in the studio, especially when a news story breaks while we are on air.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, David Attenborough, Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster:",
          "text": "However, he had no contract with my Tongan friends and it was strictly against the rules to put performers on air without one.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Graham Andrews, You're On Air, page 92:",
          "text": "You should move to a minimal degree while you are on air.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, M. Neelamalar, Radio Programme Production, page 174:",
          "text": "The on-air studio will comprise of the equipment for recording, editing and storage – both in analog and digital formats. A hard disk based system, CDs and cassette players would form a part of the room. There will be an on-air indicator at the entrance of the room, which indicates the person entering the studio to be aware that the studio is on air, and indicates that there should not be any disturbance from the external source.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2020, Mike Carlton, On Air, page 56:",
          "text": "Taken a bit in drink one evening, and live on air, Davey got into terrible trouble by varying his standard opening words with the memorable line\" when roses are red, they're ready to pluck; when girls are sixteen, they're ready to...",
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕalā l-mubāširi",
          "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
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          "roman": "u efíry",
          "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
          "word": "у эфі́ры"
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          "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
          "word": "直播"
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          "word": "rechtstreeks"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
          "word": "lähetyksessä"
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          "english": "to be on air",
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          "code": "fi",
          "english": "when used alone or with olla",
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          "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
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          "alt": "ほうそうちゅうの",
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          "roman": "v prjamóm efíre",
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          "text": "Don't interrupt while the program is on air.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "This show isn't on air at the moment — it's only on in the summer.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "The popular television series was on air for ten years before it finally ended.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "Was his interview on air?",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "We can't put this material on air.",
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        {
          "ref": "1997, Solidarity - Volumes 40-42:",
          "text": "Sack can be contacted directly when his show is on air (2-5 p.m. EST Sundays) at 1-800-TALK-YES, and welcomes brief phone questions about employment concerns at 1 -2 1 2-702-9000, extension 34.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2004, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, Advancing the DTV Transition, page 25:",
          "text": "Thus, all ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC affiliates in the top 30 markets, representing 53.5% of all U.S. households, are on air with DTV.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Suzanne Lommers, Europe - On Air: Interwar Projects for Radio Broadcasting, page 93:",
          "text": "Czechoslovakia, for instance, had already participated actively in the founding meetings of the IBU, whereas the Polish delegate had joined in the Geneva frequency discussions before Poland even had its own broadcasting stations on air.",
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          "ref": "2019, On Air: Untold Stories from Caldecott Hill:",
          "text": "Obviously, the Japanese officer was sleeping or drunk with sake, and the Allied broadcast in Japanese was broadcast on air. As the local technicians on duty did not understand Japanese, it went on air for some time.",
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "オンエア",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "on'ea"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: オンエア (on'ea)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: オンエア (on'ea)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Broadcasting sense derived from early use of radio, literally sending the transmission on the air waves",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "on air",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "on air",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Julie is on air now, presenting the weather forecast.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Channel 9 will be on air in a few minutes, giving a live broadcast.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The transmitter remained on air all through the war.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The microphone was on air, and the whole country heard the outburst.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Focus on Africa: BBC Magazine - Volumes 14-15, page 43:",
          "text": "It can get very hectic in the studio, especially when a news story breaks while we are on air.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, David Attenborough, Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster:",
          "text": "However, he had no contract with my Tongan friends and it was strictly against the rules to put performers on air without one.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Graham Andrews, You're On Air, page 92:",
          "text": "You should move to a minimal degree while you are on air.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, M. Neelamalar, Radio Programme Production, page 174:",
          "text": "The on-air studio will comprise of the equipment for recording, editing and storage – both in analog and digital formats. A hard disk based system, CDs and cassette players would form a part of the room. There will be an on-air indicator at the entrance of the room, which indicates the person entering the studio to be aware that the studio is on air, and indicates that there should not be any disturbance from the external source.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Mike Carlton, On Air, page 56:",
          "text": "Taken a bit in drink one evening, and live on air, Davey got into terrible trouble by varying his standard opening words with the memorable line\" when roses are red, they're ready to pluck; when girls are sixteen, they're ready to...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Broadcasting or transmitting through the medium of radio or television."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Broadcasting",
          "broadcasting"
        ],
        [
          "transmitting",
          "transmitting"
        ],
        [
          "radio",
          "radio"
        ],
        [
          "television",
          "television"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't interrupt while the program is on air.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "This show isn't on air at the moment — it's only on in the summer.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The popular television series was on air for ten years before it finally ended.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Was his interview on air?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "We can't put this material on air.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Solidarity - Volumes 40-42:",
          "text": "Sack can be contacted directly when his show is on air (2-5 p.m. EST Sundays) at 1-800-TALK-YES, and welcomes brief phone questions about employment concerns at 1 -2 1 2-702-9000, extension 34.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, Advancing the DTV Transition, page 25:",
          "text": "Thus, all ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC affiliates in the top 30 markets, representing 53.5% of all U.S. households, are on air with DTV.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Suzanne Lommers, Europe - On Air: Interwar Projects for Radio Broadcasting, page 93:",
          "text": "Czechoslovakia, for instance, had already participated actively in the founding meetings of the IBU, whereas the Polish delegate had joined in the Geneva frequency discussions before Poland even had its own broadcasting stations on air.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, On Air: Untold Stories from Caldecott Hill:",
          "text": "Obviously, the Japanese officer was sleeping or drunk with sake, and the Allied broadcast in Japanese was broadcast on air. As the local technicians on duty did not understand Japanese, it went on air for some time.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Being, or so as to be, broadcast or transmitted by radio or television."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "broadcast",
          "broadcast"
        ],
        [
          "transmitted",
          "transmitted"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Smoothly; gracefully."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Smoothly",
          "smoothly"
        ],
        [
          "gracefully",
          "gracefully"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Happily."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Happily",
          "happily"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Bridge"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Won with a high card though capturing only small cards."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(bridge, of a trick) Won with a high card though capturing only small cards."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a trick"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bridge",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, air."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "air",
          "air#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ],
      "word": "on the air"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "especially"
      ],
      "word": "on-air"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕalā l-mubāširi",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "عَلَى الْمُبَاشِرِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "u efíry",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "у эфі́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "en directe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhíbō",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "直播"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "rechtstreeks"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "lähetyksessä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "to be on air",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "lähettää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "when used alone or with olla",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "lähetys käynnissä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "à l’antenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "no aire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "auf Sendung"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ba'avir",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "באוויר"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "þetta er"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "in onda"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうそうちゅうの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōsōchū no",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "放送中の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "on eā no",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "オンエアーの"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "na antenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "no ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v efíre",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "в эфи́ре"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v prjamóm efíre",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "в прямо́м эфи́ре"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "en el aire"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "en antena"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "v efíri",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "в ефі́рі"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "barāh-i rāst",
      "sense": "broadcasting or transmitting",
      "word": "بَراہِ راسْت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being broadcast",
      "word": "ohjelmistossa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "on air"
}

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