Phone - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear (syn: earphone, earpiece, headphone)
verb
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
I/you/we/they: phone
he/she/it: phones
present participle: phoning
past tense: phoned
past participle: phoned
singular: phone
plural: phones
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