telephone number
Britishnoun
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a set of figures identifying the telephone of a particular subscriber, and used in making connections to that telephone
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(plural) extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
Example Sentences
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He didn’t have a telephone number, so I was just waiting for eight hours in front of his door until he came home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
It was reopened in 1989, with a telephone number for prospective renters to call; within four days, it had received 180,000 calls and the list was closed again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
The 2021 US Open champion was given a letter by the man, which sources in Dubai told BBC Sport included his name and telephone number, that she opened later in her hotel.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
This is when someone fraudulently gets a mobile phone carrier to apply an existing telephone number to a new Sim card.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024
“Wait now, I didn’t—” The caller begins to protest, but he’s too late; I’m already jamming the other end of the cord into the corresponding jack for the telephone number.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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