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Meanings of telephone in English

Russian
телефон
Portuguese
telefone
Catalan
telèfon
Spanish
teléfono
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Telecommunications device.

        телефон
        Portuguese
        chamar
        Catalan
        trucar
        Spanish
        llamar

        To contact someone using the telephone.

              chamar
              Portuguese
              telefone
              Catalan
              telèfon
              Spanish
              teléfono

              Transmitting speech at a distance.

                    telefone

                    To speak with a person by telephone.

                          Usage of telephone in English
                          1
                          The State telephone network has changed hands four times in seven years.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          Waiting your turn outside a public telephone box requires a particular patience.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          Speech tests included monosyllabic word tests and sentence tests via the telephone.
                          Pubmed
                          4
                          Ms Harney said Mr Grehan did not have her home telephone number.
                          The Irish Times
                          5
                          It's a better business case, van Voorst said in a telephone interview.
                          Reuters
                          6
                          Global services provides outsourced IT, telephone and network services to large companies.
                          The Irish Times
                          7
                          The long distance telephone solved the problem for the racketer... View Article
                          The new yorker
                          8
                          The officer said by telephone she would be held for a year.
                          Reuters
                          9
                          This year is similar to 2011, Scambos said by telephone from Colorado.
                          Reuters
                          10
                          Rosen had given me his business card with his mobile telephone number.
                          Bangkok 8
                          11
                          I have to work and work, Tino said in a telephone interview.
                          Reuters
                          12
                          Whose address and telephone number did she give in case of emergency?
                          The hellfire club
                          13
                          This means you can 'see' your doctor via video and telephone appointment.
                          News.com.au
                          14
                          British army bomb experts were called after a number of telephone warnings.
                          The Irish Times
                          15
                          This happened four days ago, Ousmane told Reuters by telephone from Bamako.
                          Reuters
                          16
                          The attack follows an attack on another telephone exchange in Baghdad yesterday.
                          The Irish Times
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