telefoon — meaning in English

English meaning

• call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
• telephone noun A device for speaking to someone at a distance by sending your voice as signals over a network; a phone.

Senses

telefoon is used for these senses in English:

• call A telephone conversation; a phone call.
• telephone (countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).

call — full definition

1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

telephone — full definition

1. noun A device for speaking to someone at a distance by sending your voice as signals over a network; a phone.
2. noun The system of communication that uses these devices.
3. verb To call someone or pass on information using a phone.

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