Definitions

telephone number

NOUN

assigned number for telephone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

phone number

WEAK

800 number cell phone number fax number

Example Sentences

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He didn’t have a telephone number, so I was just waiting for eight hours in front of his door until he came home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

People have contacted the service roughly 25 million times since July 2022, when the previous 10-digit telephone number officially converted to the shorter and more memorable 988.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

This is when someone fraudulently gets a mobile phone carrier to apply an existing telephone number to a new Sim card.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

Standing on the street, he struggled to remember his sister’s telephone number.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2024

I had to ask Daddy for the telephone number, then I’d probably see him not care as he scribbled it on a scrap of paper or said with a shrug that he didn't have it.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English