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phone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sound, speech sound |
| Type of | linguistic unit, language unit |
| Has types | vowel, vowel sound, consonant, semivowel, phoneme, orinasal phone, orinasal, voiced sound, glide, sonant |
| Derivation | phonetic, phonic, phonate |
phone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | telephone, telephone set |
| Type of | electronic equipment |
| Has types | french telephone, speakerphone, handset, wireless telephone, desk phone, radiotelephone, dial phone, dial telephone, extension, extension phone, pay-phone, pay-station, telephone extension, radiophone |
I talked to him on the telephone.
phone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | earphone, earpiece, headphone |
| Type of | electro-acoustic transducer |
| Has types | receiver, earplug, telephone receiver |
it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked.
phone::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | call, call up, ring, telephone |
| Type of | telecommunicate |
| Has types | call in, cell phone |
| Verb group | call |
| Derivation | phoner |
Examples of phones
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Cell phones have a calculator function you can use to precisely calculate a tip.
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People love to take pictures of their food, especially with their mobile phones.
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Kindle books can be read on gadgets including laptops, tablets and smart phones.
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On Tuesday, Twitter and cell phones appeared to be sporadically blocked as well.
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Mobile banking customers can buy the insurance using menus on their cell phones.
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A glut of handsets in 2000 led to the first-ever global decline for cell phones.
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Whatever happened to one single phone number for phone, office, and cell phones?
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Affluent Russians use cell phones, own laptops, and tool around in foreign cars.
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Moreover, unlike 1996, now there are important alternatives to land-line phones.
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- Call: 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"
- Telephone: 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"
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- Earphone: 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"
- A telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly...
- Within phonetics, a phone is: * a speech sound or gesture considered a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language * a speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties * the basic unit revealed via phonetic speech analysis
- The phone sign is a hand gesture made by curling the three middle fingers and extending the thumb and pinky finger to mimic a telephone receiver. The thumb is placed next to the ear and the little finger next to the mouth. The index finger can be used as well. ...
- The Phone is a Dutch television reality show, which is created by Willem Brom, Beau van Erven Dorens and Marc Bennink.
- The Phone is an United States reality television show, based on the Dutch version of the same name. This show airs on Fridays at 10pm Eastern time on MTV
