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pick sth up
(SIGNAL) — phrasal verb with pick /pɪk/ verbDefinition
› (of a piece of electrical equipment) to receive a signal: Can you pick up (= receive broadcasts from) Moscow on your radio?Communications technology - general words
(Definition of pick sth up (SIGNAL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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pick sth out phrasal verb
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pick sth up phrasal verb (BUY)
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pick sth up phrasal verb (ILLNESS)
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pick sth up phrasal verb (LEARN)
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pick sth up phrasal verb (NOTICE)
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pick sth up phrasal verb (WIN)
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pick up on sth phrasal verb (NOTICE)
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pick up on sth phrasal verb (RETURN)
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pick up phrasal verb (INCREASE)
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pick up phrasal verb (PHONE)
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SMART Thesaurus: Communications - general words
Synonyms and related words:
- broadband noun
- communication noun
- cybernetics noun
- entryphone noun
- fibre optics noun
- hookup noun
- impulse noun (SIGNAL)
- interfere with sth phrasal verb
- interference noun
- landline noun
- multimedia adjective
- noise noun (SIGNAL)
- noisy adjective (SIGNAL)
- on-screen adverb, adjective
- replay verb (RECORDING)
- satellite dish noun
- smart card noun
- techno- prefix
- trace noun (SIGN/RECORD)
- volume noun (SOUND LEVEL)
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