Definitions for PHONE
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. telephone, phone, telephone set(noun)

   electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

   "I talked to him on the telephone"

2. phone, speech sound, sound(noun)

   (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

3. earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone(noun)

   electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear

   "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"

4. call, telephone, call up, phone, ring(verb)

   get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

   "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

GCIDE(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. phone(v. t.)

   To get or try to get into communication with, using a telephone; as, I phoned him this morning.

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. phone(Noun)

   A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.

   Etymology: Shortening of telephone.

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Phone

   In phonetics and linguistics a phone is a unit of speech sound. The word phone may refer to any speech sound or gesture considered a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language. In contrast, a phoneme is a set of phones or a set of sound features that are thought of as the same element within the phonology of a particular language. A phone is a speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, and serves as the basic unit of phonetic speech analysis. A phonetic transcription is enclosed within square brackets, rather than the slashes of a phonemic transcription.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Phone

   Colloquial abbreviation for telephone.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. phone

   A type of device and product created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, software, technology, shapes, sizes and styles.

   There are various phones available in 2020 some are smartphones, mobile phones, handsets for businesses and various other types.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 8, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PHONE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1907

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PHONE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #595

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PHONE' in Nouns Frequency: #662

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PHONE' in Verbs Frequency: #559

How to pronounce PHONE?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say PHONE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PHONE in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PHONE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of PHONE in a Sentence

1. Patrick Reed:

   I got the email and phone call from Team USA, yes, it's a risk, but I feel like it's a risk that we are all willing to take.

2. Francis Byrd:

   I think companies are starting to conduct a type of self-examination when they receive a phone call or letter from an activist, where companies are doing their homework, they will say, 'maybe these folks might have a point'.

3. Chief Financial Officer Chris Kennedy:

   We expect chips based on our latest version 8 technology will continue to replace older ARM technology in mobile markets, and gain share in networking infrastructure and servers, it will end up in every phone, even down in the low end.

4. Eric Topol:

   People want their own data, they become frustrated when it takes too long to get their own tests and lab results back— and now with these new types of devices, they can have it right on their phone.

5. Angela Boswell:

   In a way I knew that as soon as anything went down this person was going to disappear and they have, they won't answer phone calls. They just kinda disappeared.

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