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- Dictionarytel·e·phone/ˈteləˌfōn/
noun
- 1. a system for transmitting voices over a distance using wire or radio, by converting acoustic vibrations to electrical signals: "a telephone call"
- 2. a game in which a sentence or phrase becomes distorted by being passed along to the next person in a whisper. US
verb
- 1. contact (someone) using the telephone: "he telephoned his wife at 9.30"
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The meaning of TELEPHONE is a device by which sound (such as speech) is converted into electrical impulses and transmitted (as by wire or radio waves) to one or more specific receivers : phone. How to use telephone in a sentence.
Telephone definition: an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.. See examples of TELEPHONE used in a sentence.
a device for speaking to someone in another place by means of electrical signals: [ C ] Your telephone is ringing. [ U ] I tried to reach her by telephone.
A telephone, colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly.
The telephone is the electrical system of communication that you use to talk directly to someone else in a different place. You use the telephone by dialling a number on a piece of equipment and speaking into it.
a device for speaking to someone in another place by means of electrical signals: [ C ] Your telephone is ringing. [ U ] I tried to reach her by telephone.
A telephone is an electronic device that you use for conversations over great distances. Telephones used to be fixed to walls and connected by cables, but now most people have cellular telephones, known as cell phones or mobiles.
1. a. To make or try to make a telephone connection with; place a call to: telephoned the police station. b. To dial (a telephone number). 2. To transmit (a message, for example) by telephone: I telephoned that I was sick and could not come to work. v.intr. To engage in communication by telephone: She telephoned to invite us to the party.
a communication system that is used to talk to someone who is in another place: a telephone call. I'm sorry, he's on the telephone (= using the telephone) at the moment. Fewer examples. The plane clipped a telephone line and crashed. He even went so far as to stop her using the telephone. I overheard their telephone conversation.
noun. /ˈtelɪfəʊn/ (rather formal) (also phone) Idioms. [countable, uncountable] a system for talking to somebody else over long distances, using wires or radio; a machine used for this. The telephone rang and Pat answered it. I need to make a telephone call. over the telephone You can reserve seats over the telephone.
