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Meaning of "phone in" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHONE IN

phone in play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHONE IN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phone in is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES PHONE IN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phone-in

In broadcasting, a phone-in or call-in is a programme format in which viewers or listeners are invited to air their live comments by telephone, usually in respect of a specific topic selected for discussion on the day of the broadcast. On radio, it is common for an entire programme to be dedicated to a phone-in session. On television, phone ins are often part of a wider discussion programme: a current example in the UK is The Wright Stuff. BBC Radio Nottingham is credited with having aired the first British phone-in on 4 February 1968, in a programme called What Are They Up To Now? Speech based Talk Radio UK was launched in 1995, with much of its programming featuring phone-ins. It also introduced the notion of the shock jock to the UK, with presenters like Caesar the Geezer and Tommy Boyd constructing heated discussions. Ian Hutchby has researched power relations in phone ins, looking at arguments and confrontations. Using conversation analysis, he describes how the host retains power through devices such as "The Second Position" — the concept of going second in a discussion, giving the host time to formulate a response.

Definition of phone in in the English dictionary

The definition of phone in in the dictionary is to make a telephone call to deliver information. Other definition of phone in is to deliver in a perfunctory manner.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHONE IN

phone
phone bill
phone book
phone booth
phone box
phone call
phone number
phone sex
phone tap
phone tapping
phone-in
phone-jack
phone-jacker
phonecam
phonecard
phonematic
phonematically
phoneme
phonemic
phonemically

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHONE IN

at home in
cave in
chime in
close in
come in
done in
give in
have in
lie in
live in
make a hole in
move in
outside in
phase in
settle in
take in
tie in
tune in
wire in
write in

Synonyms and antonyms of phone in in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phone in» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHONE IN

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

Translator English - Chinese

> 听众或观众来电直播节目
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

programa de radio o televisión con las líneas abiertas al público
570 millions of speakers

English

phone in
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फोन में
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

في الهاتف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

телефон в
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

programa com participação dos ouvintes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফোন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

émission ligne ouverte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Telefon masuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Phone-in
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

視聴者電話参加番組
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

청취자 전화 참여 프로그램
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Telpon ing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điện thoại trong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொலைபேசியில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मध्ये फोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Içinde telefon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trasmissione radiofonica o televisiva con intervento telefonico degli ascoltatori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

telefon w
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

телефон в
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

telefon în
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τηλέφωνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

telefoon in
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

telefonen i
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

telefonen i
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phone in

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHONE IN»

The term «phone in» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.738 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHONE IN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phone in

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10 QUOTES WITH «PHONE IN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word phone in.
1
Stephanie Beatriz
I lived in New York for a long time. Right after college I went there. So I got my first cell phone in New York. Back when you would flip the phone up. Way back when.
2
Adam DeVine
I sold steaks over the phone in Omaha, Nebraska. Marbling, fantastic. That's what makes a great steak; a lot of people don't know.
3
Ivan Glasenberg
I observed a man sourcing candle wax from South America and selling it to Japan. I thought: 'That's unbelievable. Talking on the phone in his office, that man made money moving candle wax from one country to another.' It really interested me.
4
Michel Gondry
That's what the internet is: it's like bombarding your eyeballs with these myriad blinking colour lights. It's like trying to watch a movie on your phone in the middle of Times Square.
5
Jan Koum
At WhatsApp, our engineers spend all their time fixing bugs, adding new features and ironing out all the little intricacies in our task of bringing rich, affordable, reliable messaging to every phone in the world. That's our product, and that's our passion. Your data isn't even in the picture. We are simply not interested in any of it.
6
Hooman Majd
I know that my cell phone in Iran... is bugged, and they listen in, and my emails, I'm sure, are monitored inside Iran. They have my email address; it's not like they can't snoop on it.
7
Cierra Ramirez
I'm very well known for hiding my phone in really weird places. I can hide it in a refrigerator during a scene or under that bed. It's pretty bad, but at the end of the day we can all laugh at it.
8
Harry Styles
One time, a girl dropped her phone in my pocket and I found it and was like, 'There you go.' And she said, 'If you'd had my phone, you'd have had to meet up with me to give it back.'
9
Michael Trucco
I was talking on the phone in my trailer, and I looked in the mirror and I saw the badge clipped to my belt, a gun with a holster, and the suit and the tie with the jacket off, and it was just deja vu. I remember that image so clearly from growing up. My dad would come home for lunch, take off his jacket, have the gun and the badge.
10
Eddie Vedder
That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in 'Jeremy' a few times, and it's tough. It doesn't work.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHONE IN»

Discover the use of phone in in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phone in and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Wonder Phone in the Land of Miracles: Mobile Telephony ...
"Studies conducted over several years in Israel explored social aspects of the developing mobile phone phenomenon.
Akiba A. Cohen, Dafna Lemish, Amit Schejter, 2008
2
The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communication
The book traces the impact of the cell phone from personal issues of loneliness and depression to the global concerns of the modern economy and the trans-national family.
Heather Horst, Daniel Miller, 2006
3
From Novelty to Necessity: Social Negotiations of the ...
Soon they were trading that old car phone in for a portable phone, something they could tuck into a briefcase or sneak in a purse. "I've had it all," said Frank Attwood, an Orlando real estate broker. "It's really addictive." Now Attwood carries his ...
Karen Christine Pitcher, 2006
4
Where are You Africa?: Church and Society in the Mobile ...
This is an original and innovative study of mobile phones in Africa from a theological perspective.
Castor M. Goliama, 2011
5
Dead Man's Cell Phone
And a dead man - with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man's Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by playwright Sarah Ruhl, recipient of a MacArthur ''Genius'' Grant and Pulitzer Prize finalist for her play The Clean House.
Sarah Ruhl, 2010
6
How to Buy a Cell Phone in SA: Avoiding the Traps and Tricks ...
Avoiding the Traps and Tricks of the Mobile Market Arthur Goldstuck, Steven Ambrose. no relation to the cost of providing the services. ln fact, it may even cost them more to bar caller line identity than to allow it! Amazingly, the network can ...
Arthur Goldstuck, Steven Ambrose, 2006
7
Kyoto. Con Pianta. Ediz. Inglese
Common prepaid cards include KDDI Super- world Card, NTT Communications World Card and SoftBank Telecom Comica Card. Most convenience stores carry at least one of these types, which can be used with any regular pay phone in ...
Chris Rowthorn, 2008
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Media Studies: Content, audiences, and production
As the social and political impact of phone-in programmes is often based on inconclusive evidence, more research is required to determine whether and how they influence public debate. Such research involves audience research (not a ...
Pieter Jacobus Fourie, 2001
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After the Mobile Phone?: Social Changes and the Development ...
Introduction This paper examines the apparent dependence on the mobile phone in the United States. The analysis draws on data from the Pohs study of the attitudes of United States citizens towards mobile communication. It looks at attitudes ...
Maren Hartmann, Patrick Rössler, Joachim R. Höflich, 2008
10
In a Cell Phone Minute
My cousin discreetly took a picture of the gentleman and sent it to him with a message saying, “It's bad manners to talk on the phone in a restaurant.” The gentleman received the message and the photo of himself having a conversation on the ...
Judy Reiser, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHONE IN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phone in is used in the context of the following news items.
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Greedy dolphin tried to eat a man's mobile phone in South Australia
A group of men on a fishing trip at Whyalla, in South Australia, north-west of Adelaide, spotted some friendly dolphins following their boat and ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
You can now use PayPal to top-up a prepaid phone in a foreign …
PayPal and TransferTo, a company that operates a platform that allows people to transfer prepaid mobile credits across borders, announced ... «MobileSyrup.com, Jul 15»
3
Cops hunt bicycle-riding crook who stole young woman's phone in
The crook rode up to the 20-year-old victim on a mountain bike and stole the phone out of her hands as she was texting somebody on Gatwick ... «Yellow Advertiser, Jul 15»
4
DAVIS: Just what exactly is proper cell phone etiquette?
Cell phones were invented to streamline life and minimize risk — once you had a phone in your pocket you didn't need to worry about being ... «Niagara Gazette, Jul 15»
5
CELL PHONE VIDEO: Tempers flare at Chicago crime scene
Tension was high at a crime scene in Humboldt Park on Sunday morning. A local resident captured some of the battle on his cell phone in a ... «MyFox Chicago, Jul 15»
6
5 superpowers you didn't know your Android phone had
If you want to use your phone in this way there are a number of options — you can of course just snap a document and save it as an image, ... «AndroidPIT US, Jul 15»
7
What to expect from the OnePlus 2, the most hyped Android phone …
OnePlus says it'll let you "look around as you check out the phone in a new way and maybe even find a few hidden Easter eggs." ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
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Sony Apparently Has A New “Made For Bond” Phone In The Works
Xperia-Z5-Made-for-Bond-640x569 Sony and the James Bond franchise kind of have a special bond, at least that's how it seems in the past few ... «Ubergizmo, Jul 15»
9
Cops hunt armed robbers who stole boy's phone in Gloucester Park
Cops hunt armed robbers who stole boy's phone in Gloucester Park. Friday, 24 July 2015 By Charles Thomson. POLICE are hunting two teenagers who robbed ... «Yellow Advertiser, Jul 15»
10
Prisoner kept mobile phone hidden in his underpants to make calls …
Mark Anthony Pinches was jailed for having a phone in his cell at Cardiff prison. An inmate at Cardiff Prison kept a mobile phone hidden in his ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»

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