Definitions for answering machine
an·swer·ing ma·chine

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1. answering machinenoun

   an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages

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1. answering machinenoun

   A device that automatically records voice mail from unanswered telephone calls.

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1. Answering machine

   The answering machine, answerphone or message machine, also known as telephone messaging machine (or TAM) in the UK and some Commonwealth countries, ansaphone or ansafone (from a trade name), or telephone answering device (TAD), is used for answering telephones and recording callers' messages. If a phone rings a predetermined number of times by the phone's owner, and nobody is present to answer the incoming call, the answering machine will activate and play either a generic announcement or the voice of the person being called announcing that nobody is able to come to the phone at the moment. Following the announcement is a beeping tone which enables the caller to record his or her message after the tone concludes. Unlike voicemail, which can be a centralized or networked system that covers, and mostly extends, similar functions, an answering machine is set up in the user's premises alongside—or incorporated within—the user's land-line telephone. Unlike operator messaging the caller does not talk to a human. As landlines become less important, due to the shift to cell phone technology, and as unified communications matures, the installed base of TADs is shrinking.

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1. answering machine

   An answering machine is a device or electronic system that records incoming telephone messages from callers when the recipient of the call is unable to answer the phone. It often includes a greeting message and allows the caller to leave a recorded message. Some modern answering machines or services are digital and are often integrated into the telephone system itself.

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1. Answering machine

   The answering machine, answerphone or message machine, also known as the telephone answering machine in the UK and some Commonwealth countries, ansaphone or ansafone, or telephone answering device is a device for answering telephones and recording callers' messages. Unlike voicemail, which can be a centralized or networked system that performs a similar function, an answering machine must be set up in the user's premises alongside — or incorporated within — the user's telephone.

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How to pronounce answering machine?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say answering machine in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of answering machine in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of answering machine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of answering machine in a Sentence

1. Jason Coniglio:

   We would be out to dinner and they would ring my mother's cellphone, then they would call my dad's cellphone and then when we got back to the house, there would be another message on the answering machine.

2. James Gavin:

   The answering machine recorded the first three minutes of the conversation, now imagine the Princess of Wales calling you late at night while you were watching television with a family friend. You could hear the affection as they spoke to each other. Diana is almost giggly and shy. George was flattered. But neither of them could let their hair down with each other.

3. John Paul:

   Similar death threats were left on her parents’ answering machine. DelTondo contacted authorities to make a complaint. She said it took four days for an officer to contact her back to make a report.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=answering machine
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Answering_Machine
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answering_Machine
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=answering machine