English

Detailed Synonyms for phone in English

phone:

phone [the ~] noun

  1. the phone
    the telephone; the phone; the handset; the receiver
  2. the phone
    – electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear 1
    the phone; the earphone; the headphone; the earpiece
    – electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear 1
  3. the phone
    – electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds 1
    the telephone; the phone; the telephone set
    – electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds 1
  4. the phone
    – (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language 1
    the sound; the phone; the speech sound
    – (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language 1
  5. the phone
    – A wireless, mobile device that combines platform software, a browser, a modern chipset, and a telephone handset. 2
    the phone; the smartphone; the smart phone
    – A wireless, mobile device that combines platform software, a browser, a modern chipset, and a telephone handset. 2

to phone verb (phones, phoned, phoning)

  1. to phone
    to phone; to make a call; to telephone; to call up; to phone someone; to ring up; to give a ring
    • phone verb (phones, phoned, phoning)
    • make a call verb (makes a call, made a call, making a call)
    • telephone verb (telephones, telephoned, telephoning)
    • call up verb (calls up, called up, calling up)
    • phone someone verb (phones someone, phoned someone, phoning someone)
    • ring up verb (rings up, rang up, ring up)
    • give a ring verb (gives a ring, gave a ring, giving a ring)
    to ring
    – get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone 1
    • ring verb (rings, rang, ringing)
  2. to phone
    to sound; to call; to make a call; to phone; to call up; to phone someone; to give a ring; to telephone; to ring up
    • sound verb (sounds, sounded, sounding)
    • call verb (calls, called, calling)
    • make a call verb (makes a call, made a call, making a call)
    • phone verb (phones, phoned, phoning)
    • call up verb (calls up, called up, calling up)
    • phone someone verb (phones someone, phoned someone, phoning someone)
    • give a ring verb (gives a ring, gave a ring, giving a ring)
    • telephone verb (telephones, telephoned, telephoning)
    • ring up verb (rings up, rang up, ring up)
    to ring
    – get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone 1
    • ring verb (rings, rang, ringing)
  3. to phone
    – get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone 1
    to call; to ring; to telephone; to phone; to call up
    – get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone 1
    • call verb (calls, called, calling)
      • I tried to call you all night1
      • Take two aspirin and call me in the morning1
    • ring verb (rings, rang, ringing)
    • telephone verb (telephones, telephoned, telephoning)
    • phone verb (phones, phoned, phoning)
    • call up verb (calls up, called up, calling up)

Conjugations for phone:

present
  1. phone
  2. phone
  3. phones
  4. phone
  5. phone
  6. phone
simple past
  1. phoned
  2. phoned
  3. phoned
  4. phoned
  5. phoned
  6. phoned
present perfect
  1. have phoned
  2. have phoned
  3. has phoned
  4. have phoned
  5. have phoned
  6. have phoned
past continuous
  1. was phoning
  2. were phoning
  3. was phoning
  4. were phoning
  5. were phoning
  6. were phoning
future
  1. shall phone
  2. will phone
  3. will phone
  4. shall phone
  5. will phone
  6. will phone
continuous present
  1. am phoning
  2. are phoning
  3. is phoning
  4. are phoning
  5. are phoning
  6. are phoning
subjunctive
  1. be phoned
  2. be phoned
  3. be phoned
  4. be phoned
  5. be phoned
  6. be phoned
diverse
  1. phone!
  2. let's phone!
  3. phoned
  4. phoning
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "phone":

  1. electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear1
  2. electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds1
  3. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language1
  4. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone1
  5. A wireless, mobile device that combines platform software, a browser, a modern chipset, and a telephone handset.2

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