phone [ˈfoʊn]

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¹ phone noun

• telephone: such as
• a system that uses wires and radio signals to send people's voices over long distances
• a device that is connected to a telephone system and that you use to listen or speak to someone who is somewhere else

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² phone verb

• to speak or try to speak to (someone) over a telephone system : telephone —often + up in British English —often + up in British English