'phone

A form of phone — A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.

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Meanings

noun'phone (plural 'phones)

plural 'phones

  1. UKdatedDated form of phone.

    “I wonder if Miss Fulton has forgotten?” “I expect so,” said Harry. “Is she on the ’phone?”

    1918 August, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Bliss”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 127
verb'phone (third-person singular simple present 'phones, present participle 'phoning, simple past and past participle 'phoned)

present singular third person 'phones · participle present 'phoning · participle past 'phoned · past 'phoned

  1. UKdatedDated form of phone.
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APA

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MLA

“'phone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'phone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'phone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'phone.

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