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noun | verb telephonetelephone1 /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ ●●● S2 W2 noun ETYMOLOGYtelephone1Origin: 1800-1900 tele- + Greek phone sound, voice ► telephone ringing Is that my telephone ringing? ► telephone call You got a telephone call from Sue yesterday. ► answer the telephone It was her job to answer the telephone. ► hung up the telephone Fran said goodbye and hung up the telephone. ► picked up the telephone Ripley picked up the telephone and dialed. 1[countable, uncountable] a piece of equipment that you use to speak to someone in another place, or the system of communication that makes it possible for you to do this SYN phone: Is that my telephone ringing? Most people have cordless telephones at home.by telephone Reservations can be made by telephone.on the telephone (=using the telephone) I was on the telephone when Dave came in. You got a telephone call from Sue yesterday. It was her job to answer the telephone.2[countable] the part of a telephone that you hold close to your ear and mouth SYN receiver: Fran said goodbye and hung up the telephone. Ripley picked up the telephone and dialed. [Origin: 1800–1900 tele- + Greek phone sound, voice]—telephonic /ˌtɛləˈfɑnɪk◂/ adjective noun | verb telephonetelephone2 ●●○ verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEtelephone |
| Present | I, you, we, they | telephone | | he, she, it | telephones | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | telephoned | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have telephoned | | he, she, it | has telephoned | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had telephoned | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will telephone | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have telephoned |
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| Present | I | am telephoning | | he, she, it | is telephoning | | you, we, they | are telephoning | | Past | I, he, she, it | was telephoning | | you, we, they | were telephoning | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been telephoning | | he, she, it | has been telephoning | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been telephoning | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be telephoning | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been telephoning |
formal to speak to someone by telephone SYN call: Their neighbors telephoned the police. |