Telephone Definition

tĕlə-fōn
telephoned, telephones, telephoning
noun
telephones
A system for transmitting speech or computerized information over distances, usually by converting sounds into electric impulses that are sent through a network of wires and cables: some systems transmit by means of radio waves.
Webster's New World
Any device having a transmitter, receiver, and dialing mechanism, used in a telephone system.
Webster's New World
(US) Chinese whispers.
Wiktionary
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verb
telephoned, telephones, telephoning
To try to make a connection by dialing a telephone number.
Webster's New World
To convey (a message) by telephone.
Webster's New World
To dial (a telephone number).
American Heritage
To speak to or reach (a person) by telephone; call.
Webster's New World
To converse or communicate by telephone.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Telephone

Noun

Singular:
telephone
Plural:
telephones

Origin of Telephone

  • tele- +‎ -phone. From French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (tēle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnē, “voice, sound”)

    From Wiktionary

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