tel|e|phone

tel|e|phone
tel|e|phone «TEHL uh fohn», noun, verb, -phoned, -phon|ing.
–n.
1. an apparatus for sending sound or speech to a distant point over wires usually by means of electricity.
2. the process of, or system for, doing this. Abbr: tel.
–v.t.
1. to talk to or summon by telephone: »

He decided…to telephone her and free himself from the engagement (Sinclair Lewis).

2. to send (a message) by telephone.
–v.i.
to speak on the telephone: »

We can telephone to your mother for a car (John Galsworthy).

╂[American English < tele- + Greek phōn voice]
Usage As a noun, telephone occurs very often in an attributive position, as in telephone call, telephone number, telephone exchange, telephone operator, telephone system, and the like. Some of the less self-explanatory phrases in which it appears are given below as separate entries.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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