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| NOUN | 1 | telephone, phone, telephone set | Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds |
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| 2 | telephone, telephony | Transmitting speech at a distance | |
| VERB | 1 | telephone, call, call up, phone, ring | Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone |
| Sounds | teh'lahfow.n |
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| Rhymes | acetone, allophone, alone, and 122 more rhymes in own at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds. |
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| Examples | "I talked to him on the telephone" |
| Synonyms | phone, telephone set |
| Part of | telephone system, phone system |
| Parts | mouthpiece; telephone receiver, receiver |
| Narrower | desk phone; dial telephone, dial phone; extension, telephone extension, extension phone; handset, French telephone; pay-phone, pay-station; radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless telephone; speakerphone |
| Broader | electronic equipment |
| Verbs | telephone |
| Meaning | Transmitting speech at a distance. |
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| Synonyms | telephony |
| Category of | call, telephone, call up, phone, ring; cell phone; call in; dial; hang on, hold the line, hold on |
| Narrower | call, phone call, telephone call; call forwarding; call waiting |
| Broader | telecommunication, telecom |
| Adjectives | telephonic |
| Verbs | telephone |
| Meaning | Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam cannot telephone Sue; They telephone |
| Synonyms | call, call up, phone, ring |
| Category | telephone, telephony |
| Entails | dial |
| Entailed by | hang on, hold the line, hold on |
| Narrower | cell phone; call in |
| Broader | telecommunicate |
| Similar to | call |
| Nouns | telephoner; telephone; telephone |