communicate by telephone
1telephone — [v] communicate through telephone system buzz*, call, call up, contact, dial, get back to*, get on the horn*, get on the line*, give a call, give a jingle*, give a ring*, make a call, phone, pick up*, put a call through*, ring, ring up, touch… …
2Telephone interpreting — See also: Language interpretation and Video Relay Service Part of a series on Translation …
3telephone — 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… …
4communicate — [v1] give or exchange information, ideas acquaint, advertise, advise, announce, be in touch, betray, break, broadcast, carry, connect, contact, convey, correspond, declare, disclose, discover, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, get across, get… …
5Telephone tapping — Wiretap redirects here. For the radio program, see WireTap (radio program). Telephone tapping (also wire tapping or wiretapping in American English) is the monitoring of telephone and Internet conversations by a third party, often by covert means …
6Telephone booth — A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, (or telephone box in the British Isles) is a small structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user s convenience. Such a booth usually has a door to provide privacy and a window to let… …
7communicate — [[t]kəmju͟ːnɪkeɪt[/t]] ♦♦♦ communicates, communicating, communicated 1) V RECIP If you communicate with someone, you share or exchange information with them, for example by speaking, writing, or using equipment. You can also say that two people… …
8Telephone — The telephone (from the el. τῆλε, tēle , far and φωνή, phōnē , voice ) is a telecommunications device that is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly speech), usually two people conversing but occasionally three or more. It is one of… …
9Telephone exchange — A telephone operator manually connecting calls with cord pairs at a telephone switchboard. In the field of telecommunications, a telephone exchange or telephone switch is a system of electronic components that connects telephone calls. A central… …
10telephone — telephoner, n. /tel euh fohn /, n., v., telephoned, telephoning. n. 1. an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, esp. by an electric device. v.t. 2. to speak to or summon (a person) by telephone. 3.… …
