Meaning & Definition of Phone in English
English⟶
Phone
/foʊn/
noun
1. 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"
synonym:
- telephone,
- phone,
- telephone set
2. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
synonym:
- phone,
- speech sound,
- sound
3. 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"
synonym:
- earphone,
- earpiece,
- headphone,
- phone
verb
1. 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"
synonym:
- call,
- telephone,
- call up,
- phone,
- ring
Examples of using
She isn't answering her phone.
I doubt that Tom knows Mary's phone number.
I wonder if Tom knows Mary's phone number.