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/ |
- 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
- …
- for
- into
- to
- …
- 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
- …
- for
- into
- to
- …
- 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.
- (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.
- 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.
- wire something to join things together using wire
- The components have to be wired together in a certain way.
Word OriginOld English wīr; of Germanic origin, probably from the base of Latin viere ‘plait, weave’.
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