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Telephone

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Noun

1. phone, telephone, telephone set

electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

Example Sentences:
'I talked to him on the telephone'

2. telephone, telephony

transmitting speech at a distance

Verb

3. call, call up, phone, ring, telephone

get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Example Sentences:
'I tried to call you all night'
'Take two aspirin and call me in the morning'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Telephone

see synonyms of telephone
noun
1. 
a. 
an electrical device for transmitting speech to a distant person
b. 
(as modifier)
a telephone receiver
2. 
a. 
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
b. 
(as modifier)
a telephone exchange
a telephone call
3.  telephone box
verb
4. 
to call or talk to (a person) by telephone
5. 
to transmit (a recorded message, radio or television programme, or other information) by telephone, using special transmitting and receiving equipment

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Telephone

see synonyms of telephone
noun
1.  US
a system for transmitting speech or computerized information over distances, usually by converting sounds into electric impulses that are sent through a network of wires and cables: some systems transmit by means of radio waves
2. 
any device having a transmitter, receiver, and dialing mechanism, used in a telephone system
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈteleˌphoned or ˈteleˌphoning US
3. 
to talk over a telephone; convey a message by telephone
4. 
to try to make a connection by dialing a telephone number
verb transitive
5. 
to convey (a message) by telephone
6. 
to speak to or reach (a person) by telephone; call

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Telephone

see synonyms of telephone
n.
An instrument for simultaneously transmitting and receiving speech or other sounds over a distance by converting the sounds into signals that are sent to a similar instrument and converting them back into sounds.
v. tel·e·phoned, tel·e·phon·ing, tel·e·phones
v.tr.
1.
a. To make or try to make a telephone connection with; place a call to: telephoned the police station.
b. To dial (a telephone number).
2. To transmit (a message, for example) by telephone: I telephoned that I was sick and could not come to work.
v.intr.
To engage in communication by telephone: She telephoned to invite us to the party.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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