telephone (verb)
1telephone — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ⇨ See also ↑phone ADJECTIVE ▪ public ▪ office ▪ The office telephones were all out of order. ▪ cellular, cordless …
2telephone — /ˈtɛləfoʊn / (say teluhfohn) noun 1. a system or process for the transmission of sound or speech converted into electrical or radio signals to a distant point. 2. an electrical device consisting of a microphone and a receiver with a handset, used …
3telephone — ► NOUN 1) a system for transmitting voices over a distance using wire or radio, by converting acoustic vibrations to electrical signals. 2) an instrument used as part of such a system, typically including a handset with a transmitting microphone… …
4telephone — ▪ I. telephone tel‧e‧phone 1 [ˈtelfəʊn ǁ foʊn] noun [countable] a piece of equipment you use to talk to someone who is in another place; = phone [m0] ▪ II. telephone telephone 2 verb [intransitive, transitive] to talk to someone by telephone; …
5telephone — 1 noun 1 the telephone the system of communication that you use to have a conversation with someone in another place; phone 1 (1): The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. | a telephone conversation | by telephone: Reservations can be …
6telephone — I. noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1844 an instrument for reproducing sounds at a distance; specifically one in which sound is converted into electrical impulses for transmission (as by wire) II. verb ( phoned; phoning) Date: 1877 transitive… …
7telephone — tel|e|phone1 [ telə,foun ] noun *** 1. ) count a piece of electronic equipment that you use for speaking to someone in a different place. A telephone is often simply called a phone: They ve got a telephone next to their bed. a mobile telephone a… …
8telephone — I UK [ˈtelɪˌfəʊn] / US [ˈteləˌfoʊn] noun Word forms telephone : singular telephone plural telephones *** [countable] a piece of electronic equipment that you use for speaking to someone in a different place. A telephone is often simply called a… …
9telephone — [[t]te̱lɪfoʊn[/t]] ♦♦ telephones, telephoning, telephoned 1) N UNCOUNT The telephone is the electrical system of communication that you use to talk directly to someone else in a different place. You use the telephone by dialling a number on a… …
10telephone — 1. noun An electronic device used for two way talking with other people (often shortened to phone). Syn: blower, phone, farspeaker, Ameche, dog and bone, horn See Also: landline …
