Phone - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |fəʊn|  American pronunciation of the word phone
Brit.  |fəʊn|  British pronunciation of the word phone

noun

- electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds (syn: telephone)
I talked to him on the telephone
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language (syn: sound)
- electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear (syn: earphone, earpiece, headphone)
it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked

verb

- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone (syn: call, call up, ring, telephone)

Extra examples

Someone from the newspaper will be phoning with a few questions.

...she phoned her friend to invite her over for dinner...

You are wanted on the phone.

I think our phone is being tapped.

He's phoned me several times today.

Louise got up to answer the phone.

She's too busy to come to the phone right now. Can you call back later?

What's your phone number?

The phone rang. It was Pam.

Before he could answer, the phone went dead.

Much of his work is done by phone.

Who was that on the phone?

I wish Amy would get off the phone.

She picked up the phone and dialled.

Jean put the phone down (=after she had finished her conversation) and burst out laughing.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: phone
he/she/it: phones
present participle: phoning
past tense: phoned
past participle: phoned
noun
singular: phone
plural: phones
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