telephone

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noun ⇨ See also ↑phone

ADJECTIVE

▪ public

▪ office

▪

The office telephones were all out of order.

▪ cellular, cordless, digital, mobile, portable, wireless

▪ radio, satellite

VERB + TELEPHONE

▪ use

▪

Can I use your telephone?

▪ be on

▪

Don't pester me now—I'm on the telephone.

▪

We're not on the telephone, so you'll have to come around to the house. (BrE)

▪ have

▪

Excuse me, do you have a telephone?

▪ answer, get (informal), pick up

▪

Hang on—I'll just get the telephone.

▪ hang up, put down

▪

She put down the telephone and burst into tears.

▪ call sb to

▪

He was called to the telephone just as he was leaving.

▪ bug (BrE), tap

▪ connect, install

▪ disconnect

TELEPHONE + VERB

▪ ring

▪

The telephone was ringing furiously.

TELEPHONE + NOUN

▪ number

▪

All letters should include an address and a daytime telephone number.

▪ book, directory

▪ bill

▪ call, message

▪ conference, conversation, enquiry (BrE), interview, poll, survey

▪ contact

▪

She is in telephone contact with headquarters.

▪ helpline (BrE), hotline, support

▪

The charity has set up a 24-hour telephone hotline.

▪ company

▪ banking (esp. BrE), service

▪ charges

▪ cord, handset, headset, receiver

▪ cable, line, pole (AmE), wire

▪ exchange, network, switchboard, system

▪ operator

▪ booth, box (BrE), kiosk (BrE)

▪ tapping

PREPOSITION

▪ by telephone

▪

Can I get in touch by telephone?

▪ on the telephone

▪

She sounded very distant on the telephone.

▪ over the telephone

▪

I don't want to talk about this over the telephone.

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verb

Telephone is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ambulance