Telephone Call

Definition: Telephone Call

Telephone Call

Noun

1. A telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Post & Telecom

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Synonyms: Telephone Call

Crosswords: Telephone Call

Colonel! Can you possibly imagine what is going to happen to you, your frame, outlook, way of life, and everything, when they learn that you have obstructed a telephone call to the President of the United States? (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; writing credit: Peter George; Stanley Kubrick)

The Telephone Call (1962)

A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow (2000)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Internet telephony defined as a telephone call placed from computer to computer is not a concern for the Federal Telecommunications Commission as long as these services are not commercialized in an open manner. (references)

Fees from ISPs are coming down, but telephone call charges are still considerably high. While many ISPs charge monthly flat fees at reasonable 2,000 yen ($20) range, Japanese public is typically charged 10 yen per minute for local calls during daytime. (references)

There are now four common carriers competing with each other in the field of wired telephone call services -- two local call service providers (KT and Hanaro Telecom), three long-distance service providers (KT, DACOM, and Onse Telecom), and three international call service providers (KT, DACOM, and Onse Telecom). (references)

Civil Liberties

Thailand

In March the Nation newspaper received a telephone call from the Special Branch, which accused the newspaper of endangering national security for printing a story critical of Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai's trip to Burma. (references)

Economic History

Nigeria

Presentations are made in the form of a telephone call, delivery of company literature with CS letter of introduction, and follow up telephone calls to solicit interest. (references)

Human Rights

Iraq

He subsequently received a telephone call from an intelligence agent who stated that another female relative was being held and warned him to stop speaking out against the Government. (references)

Travel

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan's telephone network is slowly being modernized but it is common to have difficulty making a telephone call within Uzbekistan. (references)

Barbados

To make a telephone call in Barbados with a US calling card, users must currently dial 1-800-CALL-USA (1-800-2255-872). The US calling card 1-800 numbers are not accessible from Barbados. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "telephone call": unwanted telephone call. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏محادثة تلفونية (phone call, telephony). (various references)

Bulgarian 

телефонно обаждане. (various references)

Chinese 

�"電話 (to make a telephone call). (various references)

Danish

telefonforbindelse (phone call, telephone connection). (various references)

Dutch

telefoonverbinding (phone call, telephone connection), telefoonoproep (phone call, telephone connection). (various references)

Finnish

puhelu (call, calling, conversation, phone call, talk, telephone connection, telephone conversation). (various references)

French

appel téléphonique (telephone connection). (various references)

German

Telefonat (phone call), Telefonanruf. (various references)

Greek 

τηλεφωνική κλήση (phone call, telephone connection), τηλεφωνική σύνδεση (phone call, telephone, telephone connection, telephone station). (various references)

Italian

telefonata (call, phone call, ring), connessione telefonica (phone call, telephone connection), chiamata telefonica (phone call, telephone connection). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

通話 (calling, counter for telephone calls, talking), 架電 (email, telephone conversation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

つうわ (calling, counter for telephone calls, talking), かで�" (consumer electronics, electric charge, email, family history, melon field or patch, miscommunication, mistaken account, slash-and-burn agriculture, telephone conversation). (various references)

Pig Latin

elephonetay allcay.(various references)

Portuguese

ligação telefónica (phone call, telephone connection), conexão telefónica (phone call, telephone connection), comunicação telefónica (phone call, telephone connection), chamada telefônica. (various references)

Russian 

комм)телефонный звонок. (various references)

Spanish

llamada telefónica (phone call, telephone connection, tinkle), conexión telefónica (phone call, telephone connection), comunicación telefónica (phone call, telephone connection). (various references)

Swedish

uppringning (ringing). (various references)

Turkish

telefonla arama, telefon görüşmesi. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: cellophane.

-4 letters: cellphone, phenolate, telephone.

-5 letters: anethole, antelope, apothece, cenotaph, conepate, conepatl, elephant, lancelet, ocellate, pelletal, pentacle, phenetol, planchet, potlache.

+4 letters: nephelometrically.

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