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telephone

/ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/noun, verb3 syllables

Telephone means: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.

Synonyms for telephone21

noun, as in electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

phone, telephone set

noun, as in transmitting speech at a distance

telephony

verb, as in get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

call, call up, phone, ring

also used for telephone

Ameche, blower, dog and bone, horn, pipe, Chinese whispers, drop someone a line, ring up, dial up, drop a line, get on the horn, give someone a bell, give someone a buzz, give someone a call, give someone a jingle

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What does telephone mean?3

verb

1

get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone“I tried to call you all night”

noun

1

electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds“I talked to him on the telephone”

2

transmitting speech at a distance

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Telephone in a sentence

  • I was about to go out, when the telephone rang.CK
  • I was going out, when the telephone rang.CK
  • When the telephone rings, you must answer right away.CM
  • Will you let me use your telephone, please?CM
  • As soon as he sat down, he picked up the telephone.CK
  • Though seriously injured, he managed to get to a telephone.CM
  • They talk a lot to one another, over the telephone and in person.unknown
  • Please enter a telephone number where you can be contacted during the day, too.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of telephone

as a noun

plural
telephones

as a verb

past tense
telephoned
present participle
telephoning
third-person singular
telephones
past participle
telephoned