phone

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈfoʊn/
• SAMPA: /"foUn/
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Noun

Singular phone

Plural phones

1. A phone is a tool for speaking to people who are far away.

   Can I borrow your phone? I need to call my friend.

   The phone's ringing. Can you answer it?

   "Goodbye!" she said, and put the phone down.

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  A rotary dial phone

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  A multi-line business phone

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  A cordless phone

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  A pay phone

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  A pay phone

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  Cell phones

Synonyms

• telephone

Verb

Plain form phone

Third-person singular phones

Past tense phoned

Past participle phoned

Present participle phoning

1. If you contact somebody using a phone, you phone them.

   Hey, I'll phone you tonight and we can decide what to do.

   I phoned up my friend and asked her to come over at 8:00.