Synonym: call, call up, phone, ring, telephone set, telephony. Similar words: elephant, phone, telescope, telecommunications, honor, photo, catch on, honestly. Meaning: ['telɪfəʊn] 
n. 1. electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds 2. transmitting speech at a distance. v. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.
n. 1. electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds 2. transmitting speech at a distance. v. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone. 
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151. She broke off from the conversation to answer the telephone.
152. He leaped out of bed when he heard the telephone.
153. I hope you can send a man to hook up my telephone soon.
154. The telephone was out of order, but is functional now.
155. A good telephone voice can do much to improve the temper of irate callers.
156. On the telephone, he mentioned that he had been ill.
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157. If you have an asterisk key on your telephone, please press it now.
158. He can be contacted by phone on the telephone number given below.
159. As she passed the library door, the telephone began to ring.
160. The ringing of the telephone at midnight made Doctor Milton at once become aware that there must be an urgent case coming.
161. Can we work things so that there's always someone here to answer the telephone during office hours?
162. Mrs White can't come to the telephone - she's serving a customer.
163. I don't want to talk about this over the telephone.
164. He picked up the telephone and punched out his friend's number.
165. I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.
166. He almost felt her wincing at the other end of the telephone.
167. Many's the hour I've spent by the telephone just waiting in case he should call.
168. I short-circuited the whole process by a simple telephone call.
169. The telephone is one of the great tyrannies of modern life.
170. I dread to think what our telephone bill is going to be.
171. I felt so badly I had to telephone Owen to say I was sorry.
172. This is your telephone,do you like to switch through to your room now?
173. The aim is for one wire to carry both television and telephone calls.
174. I've been trying to phone him all day?he must have left his telephone off the hook.
175. Do you charge for the use of the office telephone at off-duty time?
176. The system will handle not only telephone calls and data messages but other signals that need high bandwidth, for instance those that encode TV pictures.
177. He sounded very depressed when we spoke on the telephone yesterday.
178. He would spend hours in the bathroom or on the telephone.
179. I wrote down his telephone number, so that I might remember it.
180. Rooms vary in size and come equipped with hairdriers, television and telephone.
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