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Definition of wire verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wire

verb
 
/ˈwaɪə(r)/
 
/ˈwaɪər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they wire
 
/ˈwaɪə(r)/
 
/ˈwaɪər/
he / she / it wires
 
/ˈwaɪəz/
 
/ˈwaɪərz/
past simple wired
 
/ˈwaɪəd/
 
/ˈwaɪərd/
past participle wired
 
/ˈwaɪəd/
 
/ˈwaɪərd/
-ing form wiring
 
/ˈwaɪərɪŋ/
 
/ˈwaɪərɪŋ/
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  1. wire something (up) to connect a building, piece of equipment, etc. to an electricity supply using wires
    • Make sure the plug is wired up correctly.
    Extra Examples
    • Many homes were wired for lighting only.
    • The Christmas tree lights are all wired to one plug.
    • You should check that the socket is correctly wired.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • correctly
    • properly
    • directly
    preposition
    • for
    • into
    • to
    See full entry
  2. wire somebody/something up (to something) | wire somebody/something to something to connect somebody/something to a piece of equipment
    • In the test, volunteers were wired up to brain monitors.
    • You can wire speakers to a flat-screen TV.
    • The microphone was wired to a loudspeaker.
    • She was wired up to a heart monitor.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • correctly
    • properly
    • directly
    preposition
    • for
    • into
    • to
    See full entry
  3. wire something (for something) to put a special device somewhere in order to listen secretly to other people’s conversations synonym bug
    • The room had been wired for sound.
  4. (especially North American English) to send somebody a message by telegram
    • wire something (to somebody) He wired the news to us.
    • wire somebody (something) He wired us the news.
  5. to send money from one bank to another using an electronic system
    • wire something (to somebody) The bank wired the money to her.
    • wire somebody something The bank wired her the money.
  6. wire something to join things together using wire
    • The components have to be wired together in a certain way.
  7. Word OriginOld English wīr; of Germanic origin, probably from the base of Latin viere ‘plait, weave’.
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