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

"Check that contact details are readily available on websites and that there is a telephone number - many scam sites purposely don’t have one," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2024

Ellison and Straczynski didn’t meet until the late 1970s, when the latter decided to call the telephone number in one of Ellison’s books.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

Thanks to a website called Unusual Indiana, I have his telephone number.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven