telephone
noun
an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
have telephoned
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present perfectof telephone.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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While he claims that fans have telephoned his family, no one has wished death upon his offspring.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2016
I have telephoned the family home and was told that he had gone to England to contact his English solicitors.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2012
The publisher of this new edition of Huckleberry Finn, New South Books, says dozens of people have telephoned to complain and hundreds have sent e-mails.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2011
Dozens of people have telephoned and hundreds have sent emails of complaint.
From Reuters ● Jan. 5, 2011
Who the deuce could have telephoned to her at the convent?...
From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre
