phone
/foun/
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Definition
Noun:
- A device for communication: A piece of electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals for transmission over distances, and then converts received signals back into sounds, allowing people to talk to each other.
- A speech sound: In linguistics, an individual sound unit of speech, considered without concern for whether it is a meaningful phoneme in a particular language.
- A receiver for listening: An electro-acoustic transducer, such as an earphone or headphone, that converts electric signals into sounds held over or inserted into the ear.
Verb:
- To call someone: To get or try to get into communication with someone by using a telephone.
Examples
Noun:
- She answered the phone on the first ring.
- The linguist analyzed each phone in the utterance.
- He put on his headphones to listen to music.
Verb:
- I will phone you when I arrive.
- She phoned the office to report her absence.
Advanced Usage
"To be on the phone": To be using the telephone; to have a telephone line installed.
- He is on the phone with a client.
- Are you on the phone at your new house?
"To phone in": To make a telephone call to a place, especially to participate in a radio or TV show, or to report something.
- Listeners are encouraged to phone in with their questions.
Variants and Related Words
- Telephone (n/v): The full, more formal term for 'phone'.
- Smartphone (n): A mobile phone with advanced computing capability.
- Earphone/Headphone (n): A device worn on or over the ear to listen to audio privately.
Synonyms
- Noun (device): Telephone, handset, mobile.
- Verb: Call, ring, telephone.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Phone up: To call someone on the telephone.
- I need to phone up my parents tonight.
Phone back: To return a telephone call.
- The doctor said she would phone back with the results.
Phone around/round: To call several different people or places.
- I had to phone around to find a mechanic available today.
Related Idioms
"Phone it in": To perform a task with minimal effort or enthusiasm, as if one were not physically present.
- The actor seemed bored and just phoned in his performance.
"On the phone": Engaged in a telephone conversation.
- She's been on the phone for an hour.
Noun
- 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
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- 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
Verb
- 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