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phone
Found in thesaurus: electronic equipment, linguistic unit, language unit, electro-acoustic transducer, telecommunicate
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phone
v.
make a telephone call; ring
n.
telephone (Slang)
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Telephone
A telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into electronic signals suitable for transmission via cables or other transmission media over long distances, and replays such signals simultaneously in audible form to its user.
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phone
Noun
1. electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone"
(synonym) telephone, telephone set
(hypernym) electronic equipment
(hyponym) desk phone
(part-holonym) telephone system, phone system
(part-meronym) mouthpiece
(derivation) call, telephone, call up, ring
2. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
(synonym) speech sound, sound
(hypernym) language unit, linguistic unit
(hyponym) phoneme
(part-holonym) utterance, vocalization
(derivation) vocalize, vocalise, phonate
(classification) phonetics
3. electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
(synonym) earphone, earpiece, headphone
(hypernym) electro-acoustic transducer
(hyponym) telephone receiver, receiver
Verb
1. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
(synonym) call, telephone, call up, ring
(hypernym) telecommunicate
(hyponym) cell phone
(entail) dial
(verb-group) call
(derivation) telephone, telephone set
(classification) telephone, telephony
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phone
nm.
(Physics) phone
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phone
v.
telefonovat; volat
n.
telefon
