to telephone

Definition of to telephone in English English dictionary: bell
Vinny, you tosser, it's Keith. I thought you were back today. I'm in town. Bell us on the mobile.''.; To contact someone by dialing his or her telephone number; to make someone's telephone ring using one's own telephone; (Oyunlar) Chinese whispers or Telephone is a game in which each successive participant secretly whispers to the next a phrase or sentence whispered to them by the preceding participant. Cumulative errors from mishearing often result in the sentence heard by the last player differing greatly and amusingly from the one uttered by the first. It is most often played by children as a party game or in the playground. It is often invoked as a metaphor for cumulative error, especially the inaccuracies of rumours; tel; A user end instrument that is used to transmit and receive voice-frequency signals; n A very poor substitute for reaching out and touching someone; 800-895-8100; (340) 778-3434; 949-553-1010; 304 594 9320; An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance; A telephone is the piece of equipment that you use when you talk to someone by telephone. He got up and answered the telephone = phone; An electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to phone); Business related telephone calls may be reimbursed in full; din wa; 408-356-1448; 001-765-429-4122; (UK) 01603 667393 (World) 00 44 1603 667393; Postal address; 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"; If you telephone someone, you dial their telephone number and speak to them by telephone. I felt so badly I had to telephone Owen to say I was sorry They usually telephone first to see if she is at home. = call, ring, phone; 860 536 9990 FAX 860 536 6992 Postal address 94 Anchorage Circle, Groton, CT, USA 06340 Electronic mail info@decisionoptions com; "An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance " [DD] One might wonder what Ambrose Bierce might have thought, 100 years later, about computers, online chatrooms, and the American religious trend toward fundamentalism; 361-992-5555; 0044 (0)1327 264687; (719) 520-6780 FAX: (719) 520-6781; (504) 863-3364; transmitting speech at a distance; The telephone is the electrical system of communication that you use to talk directly to someone else in a different place. You use the telephone by dialling a number on a piece of equipment and speaking into it. They usually exchanged messages by telephone I dread to think what our telephone bill is going to be She was wanted on the telephone. = phone; 817-410-5701 metro; The annual cost of rental and calls paid Include mobile phones Exclude business use costs; To convey or announce by telephone; CompanyPhone; A telephone is a device which converts sound waves into electrical energy, and electrical energy into sound waves It also serves as an access to the switch/switching equipment; An instrument or system used for voice communication The process or act of communicating via such a system; to call someone; to make someones telephone ring using ones own telephone; Device used to communicate by voice with other people Not to be confused with I-phone or web-phone or any other sort of internet-type communication Most people actually do have a telephone in their house, chicks included; 541-383-3899 Email: sales@networthstrategies com © 2003 Net Worth Strategies Inc - Webmaster - Privacy Policy; 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"; {i} device for conveying sounds over great distances by changing the sounds into electrical impulses; {f} make a call on the telephone; If you are on the telephone, you are speaking to someone by telephone. Linda remained on the telephone to the police for three hours. to talk to someone by telephone = phone, call call. Instrument designed for simultaneous transmission and reception of the human voice. It works by converting the sound waves of the human voice to pulses of electrical current, transmitting the current, and then retranslating the current back to sound. The U.S. patent granted to Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 for developing a device to transmit speech sounds over electric wires is often called the most valuable ever issued. Within 20 years, the telephone acquired a form that has remained fundamentally unchanged for more than a century. The advent of the transistor (1947) led to lightweight, compact circuitry (see cell phone). Advances in electronics have allowed the introduction of a number of "smart" features such as automatic redialing, caller identification, call waiting, and call forwarding. Telephone systems are also a primary access route for the Internet; Ameche; blower

to telephone

Hyphenation

to te·le·phone

Turkish pronunciation

tı telıfōn

Pronunciation

/tə ˈteləˌfōn/ /tə ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.