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Meaning of "long-distance call" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LONG-DISTANCE CALL

long-distance call  [ˈlɒŋˈdɪstənsˈkɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LONG-DISTANCE CALL

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Long-Distance call is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LONG-DISTANCE CALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

long-distance call

Long-distance calling

In telecommunications, a long-distance call or trunk call is a telephone call made outside a defined local area, usually to another city. These calls are typically characterized by their higher per-minute cost, by terminating at a destination served by a different local telephone exchange or by being carried over intercity trunks or interexchange carriers instead of a direct line between two adjacent exchanges. A long-distance call is not necessarily synonymous with a call to another telephone area code. Before direct distance dial, all long-distance calls were operator assisted by a special long-distance operator even in exchanges where calls within the local exchange were direct dial. Completion of intercity calls was time-consuming and costly as each call was handled by multiple operators in multiple cities. Record keeping was also more complex, as the time, length and duration of every toll call had to be manually recorded for billing purposes. In some countries long-distance rates were historically kept artificially high to subsidise unprofitable flat-rate local residential services.

Definition of long-distance call in the English dictionary

The definition of long-distance call in the dictionary is a call outside the local area.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LONG-DISTANCE CALL


becall
bɪˈkɔːl
call
kɔːl
catcall
ˈkætˌkɔːl
caul
kɔːl
jackal
ˈdʒækɔːl
McCall
məˈkɔːl
miscall
ˌmɪsˈkɔːl
outcall
ˈaʊtˌkɔːl
photocall
ˈfəʊtəʊkɔːl
recall
rɪˈkɔːl
robocall
ˈrəʊbəʊˌkɔːl
Rockall
ˈrɒkɔːl
scall
skɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LONG-DISTANCE CALL

long-acting
long-and-short work
long-awaited
long-chain
long-coats
long-dated
long-day
long-distance
long-drawn-out
long-eared
long-eared owl
long-established
long-faced
long-fin tunny
long-forgotten
long-grain rice
long-haired
long-haul
long-headed
long-headedly

WORDS THAT END LIKE LONG-DISTANCE CALL

alarm call
clarion call
close call
collect call
conference call
curtain call
emergency call
follow-up call
house call
line call
local call
on call
phone call
photo call
port of call
roll call
telephone call
too close to call
total recall
video call
wake-up call

Synonyms and antonyms of long-distance call in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «long-distance call» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LONG-DISTANCE CALL

Find out the translation of long-distance call to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of long-distance call from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «long-distance call» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

长途电话
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

llamada de larga distancia
570 millions of speakers

English

long-distance call
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लंबी दूरी की कॉल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دعوة لمسافات طويلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

междугородный звонок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chamadas de longa distância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দীর্ঘ দূরত্ব কল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

appel interurbain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

panggilan jarak jauh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ferngespräch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

長距離電話
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장거리 전화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Telpon jarak adoh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cuộc gọi đường dài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொலை துார அழைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लांब-अंतराची कॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Uzun mesafe görüşmesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiamate a lunga distanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

długodystansowe połączenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

міжміський дзвінок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apel pe distanțe lungi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπεραστικής κλήσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lang - afstand oproep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fjärrsamtal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

langdistanse samtale
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of long-distance call

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LONG-DISTANCE CALL»

The term «long-distance call» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.649 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LONG-DISTANCE CALL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «long-distance call» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «long-distance call» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about long-distance call

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LONG-DISTANCE CALL»

Discover the use of long-distance call in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to long-distance call and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Telecommunications Cost Management
S. C. Strother. How does a long-distance call work? Standard phone lines connect an end user to the local phone company's central office. The central office computer, called a switch, interprets the numbers dialed and then routes the call to its ...
S. C. Strother, 2002
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Network Routing: Algorithms, Protocols, and Architectures
Thus, in the rest of this section, we discuss primarily the impact of a long-distance call that requires using an IXC; furthermore, when we say a long-distance call, we mean a call that requires using an IXC. Here, we list two subscribers with ...
Deepankar Medhi, 2010
3
Asterisk For Dummies
When you've proven that the problem isn't in your hardware, the next step is to identify whether the problem is with your long-distance carrier — if you're attempting a long-distance call, that is. If the call that's failing is to a recipient less than 13 ...
Stephen P. Olejniczak, Brady Kirby, 2007
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饭店酒店管理专业英语实用教程(普通高校专业英语教程系列)
... are looking forward to your coming. G: Thank you. R: Good-bye. A Group Reservation • R = Reservationist G = Guest. Unit 1: Dialogue Samples A Long- Distance Call Reservation.
司爱侠, 2006
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U.S. Long Distance Fiber Optic Networks: Technology, ...
Thus, an estimate for the average cost of a call-minute for the completion of a long distance call through the local exchange area distribution network appears to be 11.5 to 18.7 cents per call-minute. This cost has to be added to the cost per  ...
6
A Legal and Law Enforcement Guide to Telephony: Addressing ...
Having equal access means a local subscriber can dial a long-distance call and have it routed to the long-distance provider of their choice without first dialing a routing code. Equal access switches (or equal access end offices; EAEO) are ...
George Molczan, 2005
7
Cisco CallManager Fundamentals: A Cisco AVVID Solution
This process transforms a local call into a long distance call, potentially an expensive proposition. * Toll bypass fallback is more straightforward. lf a caller makes a call to a remote geographic location and CallManager can determine that a ...
John Alexander, Anne Smith, 2001
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Hotel Front Office Training Manual
A written notice is Calls (Trunk Call) kept in every room requesting the guest to call the operator for a long distance call. When a guest wants to book a long distance call, all the particulars are taken including the name of the guest and the room ...
S. Andrews, 1982
9
Frommer's Cuba
You do not need to use the city or area code for local calls, but you must dial 01 followed by the city or area code for any long-distance call within Cuba or to a cellphone, except when calling to or from Havana. From Havana to any other ...
Claire Boobbyer, 2008
10
Slamming: The Unauthorized Change of a Consumer's Telephone ...
When a customer dials a long-distance call by dialing l+(area code)+telephone number, a telephone switch automatically routes the call to the customer's designated long-distance carrier. However, customers are not required to use their ...
Matthew N. Terland, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LONG-DISTANCE CALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term long-distance call is used in the context of the following news items.
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Richard Nixon's first phone call to the moon was pretty awkward - Vox
That ultimate long-distance call, via telephone-to-radio transmission, happened at 11:49 pm in the Oval Office. You can watch it here, filmed in ... «Vox, Jul 15»
2
Bart Starr “turning the corner in a significant way” in recovery from …
When they took a break for lunch, Starr rushed downstairs to a pay phone and placed a long-distance call to Cherry at their off-season home in ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
3
Philae Comet Lander Phones Home to Earth Again - Yahoo News
... the European Philae lander on the surface of a comet phoned home once again this month in a long-distance call routed through its Rosetta ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
4
Sometimes a summertime fling is a more serious thing
Every month, I saved up $10 or $12 to make a long-distance call to Tulsa from a pay phone next to the Hardee's in downtown Marianna ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
5
Philae Comet Lander Phones Home to Earth Again
... the European Philae lander on the surface of a comet phoned home once again this month in a long-distance call routed through its Rosetta ... «Space.com, Jul 15»
6
Adventures with food lead to restaurant startup
PICTOU – If you overheard Sharon Justice making a long-distance call to one of her family members, you'd probably hear them talking about ... «The News, Jul 15»
7
How Modern Technology Is Keeping Families Overseas Connected
The days of waiting in the only telephone office in the village to make an expensive long-distance call back home are over for most of the world. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
A dollar an hour here, $15 an hour there, it all adds up fast
I had to keep track of every long-distance call that was made. Students could not call long-distance. The switchboard operated until 9 p.m. ... «Southeast Missourian, Jul 15»
9
Vegas Story: How a Detroit barber became Las Vegas legendary
A 19-year-old Scartozzi makes the long-distance call, heads to Vegas dressed “sugar sharp,” is hired and returns to Detroit to sell everything he ... «Las Vegas Weekly, Jul 15»
10
26 Most Crucial Moments of Kourtney and Scott's Rocky Relationship
(In season 3, Kourtney thinks Scott is cheating again when she hears a woman's voice on the other end of a long-distance call between her and ... «Cosmopolitan.com, Jul 15»

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