telephone
noun
an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
telephones
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pluralof telephone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof telephone (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
telephonenounan apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
Example Sentences
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Myanmar's presidential spokeswoman released photographs of Suu Kyi and Aris speaking into telephones, the detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate sitting under a calendar marked with Thursday's date.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
The U.S. government broke up AT&T in 1982 because a company owning phone lines and telephones was anticompetitive.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025
He celebrated the wave of innovations that had enriched human existence—railroads, steamships, telegraphs, telephones, electric lights, anesthetics, antiseptics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
The intention was that they would go to work in hospitals to support acutely ill patients but some were sent to do administration, to deliver parcels and to answer telephones, the inquiry heard.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025
On a table in the center of one end of the barn were also a number of ancient mine telephones.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
