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phoneUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfəʊn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/foʊn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fōn)
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phone
When you phone someone, you dial their phone number and speak to them by phone. I need to phone my mother. Luis phoned us to say he had arrived. You can also phone a place. He phoned work to tell them he was ill. I'll phone the cinema and find out what time the film starts. *'phone' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Forum discussions with the word(s) "phone" in the title: "-phone" language adjectives - English Only forum
... had I answered the phone yesterday. - English Only forum ...on the phone - English Only forum 'double' in saying a phone number: 12344567 - English Only forum (on the phone) sounds "spacy" - English Only forum (the) mobile phone (s) - English Only forum [picking up a phone call] go for somebody - English Only forum 1. Where is my phone? I could lose it on the bus! 2. Where is my phone? I could have lost it on the bus! - English Only forum 120 phone subscriptions for every 100 habitants. - English Only forum a 2005 BlackBerry phone - English Only forum a cell phone / cell phones - English Only forum A cell phone <on><through> which... - English Only forum A cell vs A cell phone - English Only forum A <Good> Old-Fashioned Phone Call - English Only forum a mobile phone operator its customers to pay for items - English Only forum A mobile phone with the latest software - English Only forum a person <not having> a cell phone - English Only forum a person who always loses his phone - English Only forum a phone call away - English Only forum A phone call away - English Only forum A phone call sent him __ to the hospital. - English Only forum a phone call that I did not take - English Only forum a phone call to Putin - English Only forum A phone call when paying money - English Only forum A phone listing for Honors was not immediately available. - English Only forum a phone number or (an) address - English Only forum "a phone rate" and "a phone charge" - English Only forum A place where you get your phone fixed - English Only forum a ring on the phone - English Only forum A sound of the phone - can “sound” be indefinited? - English Only forum more...
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