Phone | Mean of phone in English Dictionary

/ˈfoʊn/

• Noun
• : such as
• a system that uses wires and radio signals to send people's voices over long distances
1. We spoke by phone earlier.
2. The voice on the other end of the phone [=line] was familiar, but I couldn't place it.
3. a phone bill/company/conversation
4. I just have to make a quick phone call before we leave.
5. You can order over the phone. [=by calling on the telephone]
• a device that is connected to a telephone system and that you use to listen or speak to someone who is somewhere else
1. The phone has been ringing all morning!
2. He slammed the phone [=receiver] down and stormed out of the room.
3. Our new phone is cordless.
4. I left the phone off the hook.

• using a telephone to talk to someone
1. Can you see who's at the door? I'm on the phone.
2. I was on the phone with my sister until late last night.
• connected to a telephone system
1. How many households aren't on the phone?
• Verb
• to speak or try to speak to (someone) over a telephone system
1. She phoned [=called] them already.
2. I phoned her up earlier today.
3. Someone from the newspaper will be phoning with a few questions.
4. She said she would be phoning up later.
• to make a telephone call to a place (such as the place where you work)
1. Our boss is on a business trip but she will phone in [=call in] periodically.
2. She phoned in sick [=called in sick] yesterday. [=she telephoned the place where she works to say that she was sick and would not be coming to work]
• to make a telephone call to a radio or television program
1. Thousands of people phoned in to make a donation.
2. People phoned in [=called in] (to the show) from all over the country.
• to deliver (something, such as a message) by making a telephone call
1. He only phoned in the pizza order a little while ago, so it's probably not ready yet.