long-distance call
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Definition
Noun: A telephone call made to a location outside the local calling area, typically involving a toll or special charge. It refers to the act of telephoning someone who is geographically distant.
Usage
This term is used to specify a type of phone call that is not local. It can be the subject or object of a sentence. * You can make or place a long-distance call. * You can receive a long-distance call. * You can talk to someone by long distance.
Examples
- Placing a long-distance call was very expensive in the past.
- I need to make a long-distance call to our office in London.
- She received a long-distance call from her family overseas.
- We talked by long distance for over an hour.
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used attributively (like an adjective) before nouns: long-distance call rates, long-distance call service.
- While "long-distance" modifies "call," the full term "long-distance call" functions as a single noun unit.
Variants and Related Words
- Long-distance (adjective): Used to describe services or communication over a great distance.
- long-distance runner, long-distance relationship
- Toll call: A synonym, emphasizing that a charge is incurred.
- Local call: The antonym; a call made within the local calling area.
Synonyms
- Toll call
- Trunk call (chiefly British English)
- Distance call
Related Phrases
- To call long-distance: The verbal phrase form.
- I had to call long-distance to speak with them.
- By long distance: A prepositional phrase describing the method of communication.
- We kept in touch by long distance.
Noun
- a telephone call made outside the local calling area
- I talked to her by long distance