telephone

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So if the telephone is a production tool, then we don't quite have to worry about the purchasing power.

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  1. noun An instrument that converts voice and other sound signals into a form that can be transmitted to remote locations and that receives and reconverts waves into sound signals.
  2. transitive verb To speak with (a person) by telephone.
  3. transitive verb To initiate or make a telephone connection with; place a call to.
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  • So if the telephone is a production tool, then we don't quite have to worry about the purchasing power. —  Iqbal Quadir says mobiles fight poverty
  • The early history of the telephone is a confusing morass of claim and counterclaim, which was not clarified by the huge mass of lawsuits which hoped to resolve the patent claims of individuals.
  • The path of Gray to the telephone was a natural one. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
  • He immediately telephoned the 2nd arrondissment station, where the telephone was answered by a detective called Ledent. —  Maigret and the Dead Girl - Georges Simenon - 73
  • The few words he had had with her on the telephone were a link with all that was wholesome, normal, hopeful. —  Pilgrim’s Rest - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 10: 1946
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phone ·  radio ·  computer ·  telegraph ·  communication ·  monitor ·  cable ·  terminal ·  receiver ·  equipment ·  mail ·  clock

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telephone:   telephones ·  telephoned ·  telephoning
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  1. = French téléphonc = German telephon = Swedish Danish telefon (all after English); from Greek τη̄λε, afar, + φωνή, voice, sound.
  2. from telephone, n. Hence, by abbreviation, phone.
 

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/ˈtɛləfoʊn/
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