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on-the-air

on-the-air is the alternative spelling of on the air.

Meaning of on the air

Prepositional phrase

  1. Synonym of on air.
    • Are we starting? We're starting.
      Looks like it.
      Are we on the air? No one even told me we're on the air.
      We're not on the air.
      We're not on the air, you're sure?
      No.
      Can someone tell us- are we on the air? Someone know?
      Nobody knows.
      Nobody knows. Nobody knows if we're on the air. Anyway, this is...2006 January 3, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, 0:04 from the start, in Penn Radio, number 1
    Synonyms:
    on air

Questions about on-the-air

What is on-the-air the alternative spelling of?
On-the-air is the alternative spelling of on the air.

Words near on-the-air in the dictionary

  1. on-side kicks
  2. on-site
  3. on-slip
  4. on-slips
  5. on-stage
  6. on-the-air
  7. on-the-fly
  8. on-the-fly encryption
  9. on-the-go-ness
  10. on-the-job
  11. on-the-make-ness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on-the-air (page history and authors); on the air (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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