Telephone meaning in English

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Definition

a telephone: a piece of equipment for transmitting speech, invented by Alexander Graham Bell noun
to telephone: to call, to ring, to phone, to call up verb

Examples

  • "Brian : It's not very usual for the president of a company to answer the telephone, is it Mr. Bone?"
  • "If you can't come around, at least please telephone"
  • "This new department will absorb the current freelance hotline staff, and will provide customer support by telephone to Delavigne customers worldwide."
  • "I don't know the telephone system very well, what's Philip's extension?"
  • "I'm sorry Princess, but do you have a telephone in your village?"
  • "- Damaged goods must be reported immediately by telephone upon receipt of items. No claims for compensation can be made after three working days."
  • "Press 2 if you would like to make another tune with your telephone keypad."
  • "I telephoned to cancel the vacation, and all I received was abuse!"
  • "I acquired telephone, customer service, computer and organizational skills and improved my English by speaking and writing daily."
  • "Primary responsibilities include answering incoming customer calls and managing a small staff of telephone hotline personnel."
  • "I just wanted to follow up on our conversation yesterday, and let you know that I'll be available for a telephone interview on Tuesday of next week."
  • "Telephone option: YES"
  • "I'm not in right now, but I'm probably doing something fun that doesn't involve telephones."
  • "Here I improved my English, telephone and secretarial skills."
  • "I am in mother Russia right now, where we don't have telephones, but if you leave nice message, I call back in seven years..."
  • "I am unable to reach you by telephone, so I am writing you this email in regards to a patient who checked in at 3 AM this morning."
  • "Trey : And I also brought some recorded samples of my telephone work."
  • "In-house telephone trainer"
  • "Telephone : Maybe tomorrow!"

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