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Definitions

phone

[fohn] / foʊn /
VERB
telephone
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call up contact dial
STRONG
buzz call ring
WEAK
get back to get on the horn get on the line get someone on the horn give a call give a jingle give a ring make a call pick up put a call through ring up touch base with

Example Sentences

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As cell signal returned, Alberto González’s phone buzzed nonstop with messages.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Zuckerberg has boasted about taking a phone call on a pair of smartglasses while jet skiing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

They're sipping smoothies, snapping phone pics, dealing with crashed email and fixing broken toilets: astronauts, they're just like us.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

I can work on my phone and look up when something interesting happens.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“F-A. Families. That’s what the voice on the phone was trying to say before I interrupted. The families.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.