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

When questioned he had initially given a false name of John Lesley, but provided his real telephone number and police were able to ascertain his true identity.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

He didn’t respond to a message I left at the telephone number he listed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 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

Yet I have a father who knows who I am, where I live, my telephone number, and he acts like I don’t exist.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers