"by wire" meaning in English

See by wire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} by wire, {{en-PP}} by wire
  1. Sent by telegraph or telephone wires. Related terms: drive-by-wire, fly-by-wire, X-by-wire
    Sense id: en-by_wire-en-prep_phrase-oo82POf7
  2. (crime) Carried out by subordinates. Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-by_wire-en-prep_phrase-WZJaCA5D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 61 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 57 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 61 27
  3. Done with a remote control. Categories (topical): Communication
    Sense id: en-by_wire-en-prep_phrase-Dx7fOMFV Disambiguation of Communication: 26 17 57

Download JSON data for by wire meaning in English (1.9kB)

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