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
“Don’t answer a telephone number that you don’t recognize,” Sheinbaum warned people last week.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
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
Her manager has given her the office telephone number in case she needs to clarify her hours - but she feels “a bit nervous” about calling.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2024
Yet I have a father who knows who I am, where I live, my telephone number, and he acts like I don’t exist.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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