phone

Definition

Examples

Please turn off your phone during the presentation, thank you.

Word Family

Synonyms

• telephoneelectronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
• calla telephone connection

Collocations

• Easy answer the ringing phone
  to answer the ringing phone, meaning to react verbally
• Medium schedule a preliminary phone interview
  to schedule a preliminary phone interview, meaning to plan for an activity or event
• Hard secure encrypted phone communications
  to secure encrypted phone communications, meaning to get by special effort
• Very Hard phone in one's performance without passion
  to phone in one's performance without passion, meaning to get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone