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PHONE CALL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A telephone connection
Example:
he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call
Synonyms:
call; phone call; telephone call
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("phone call" is a kind of...):
telephone; telephony (transmitting speech at a distance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phone call"):
call-back (a return call)
collect call (a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for)
call-in (a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program)
crank call (a hostile telephone call (from a crank))
local call (a telephone call made within a local calling area)
long-distance call; long distance; trunk call (a telephone call made outside the local calling area)
conference call (a telephone call in which more than two people participate)
wake-up call (a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels))
