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telephone

From Wiktionary

telephone is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

team - telephone - television

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈ tɛl.ɪˌfəʊn/ or /ˈ tɛl.əˌfəʊn/
(US) IPA ^(key): /ˈ tɛl.əˌfoʊn/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: tel‧e‧phone

Noun

Singular
telephone

Plural
telephones

(countable) A machine used to talk to someone who is far away.
- Synonyms: phone and mobile
I need to find a telephone so I can tell my mother where I am.

Verb

Plain form
telephone

Third-person singular
telephones

Past tense
telephoned

Past participle
telephoned

Present participle
telephoning

If you telephone someone, you use a telephone to talk to them.
- Synonym: call
I telephoned my friend yesterday.

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