telephone
an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
to speak to or summon (a person) by telephone.
to send (a message) by telephone.
to send a message by telephone.
Origin of telephone
1- Also phone.
Other words from telephone
- tel·e·phon·er, noun
- pre·tel·e·phone, adjective
- re·tel·e·phone, verb, re·tel·e·phoned, re·tel·e·phon·ing.
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How to use telephone in a sentence
But this is a regular office with fax machines and telephones and computers.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was a world without second TV sets and second telephones in the house and calculators in your pocket.
This One Picture of Telly Savalas Refutes All Fears That Progress Has Ended | Nick Gillespie | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTKirkman does dip into metaphor here, as telephones are a symbol of our connection with one another.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero | Regina Lizik | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a child, the Koum family eschewed using telephones due to fears they were being tapped.
That does not provide relief for every American using telephones.
Unemployed Ken Cuccinelli Finds a Job With Rand Paul Suing Obama | Michelle Cottle | February 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Louis went down to the telephones, used one after consulting a little black book.
Telephones are now in use in all large centres, and electric lighting and traction are far more widely used than in England.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetDo we want to socialize our railroads, our coal mines, our telegraphs and telephones?
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairOf course there were no telephones in the days I am writing about, and the telegraph was very rarely used.
Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century | Montague MasseyMy telephones are overburdened with messages, my men are distracted with the work to be done between now and daylight.
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British Dictionary definitions for telephone
/ (ˈtɛlɪˌfəʊn) /
Also called: telephone set an electrical device for transmitting speech, consisting of a microphone and receiver mounted on a handset
(as modifier): a telephone receiver
a worldwide system of communications using telephones. The microphone in one telephone converts sound waves into electrical signals that are transmitted along a telephone wire or by radio to one or more distant sets, the receivers of which reconvert the incoming signal into the original sound
(as modifier): a telephone exchange; a telephone call
See telephone box
to call or talk to (a person) by telephone
to transmit (a recorded message, radio or television programme, or other information) by telephone, using special transmitting and receiving equipment
- Often shortened to: phone
Derived forms of telephone
- telephoner, noun
- telephonic (ˌtɛlɪˈfɒnɪk), adjective
- telephonically, adverb
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