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People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain extent, I understand that, because comedy is treated so much as a stepping stone by a lot of people.
Todd Barry

Meaning of "phone number" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHONE NUMBER

phone number  [fəʊn ˈnʌmbə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHONE NUMBER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phone number 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 PHONE NUMBER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

phone number

Telephone number

A telephone number is a sequence of digits assigned to a fixed-line telephone subscriber station connected to a telephone line or to a wireless electronic telephony device, such as a radio telephone or a mobile telephone, or to other devices for data transmission via the public switched telephone network or other private networks. A telephone number serves as an address for switching telephone calls using a system of destination routing. Telephone numbers are entered or dialed by a calling party on the originating telephone set which transmits the sequence of digits in the process of signaling to a telephone exchange. The exchange completes the call either to another locally connected subscriber or via the PSTN to the called party. The concept of using telephone numbers instead of subscriber names when connecting calls was developed and first used between 1879 and 1880 in Lowell, United States, for the purpose of ease of training new telephone operators.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHONE NUMBER


Columba
kəˈlʌmbə
cucumber
ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə
Humber
ˈhʌmbə
lumbar
ˈlʌmbə
lumber
ˈlʌmbə
number
ˈnʌmbə
outnumber
ˌaʊtˈnʌmbə
renumber
ˌriːˈnʌmbə
rumba
ˈrʌmbə
slumber
ˈslʌmbə
umber
ˈʌmbə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHONE NUMBER

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHONE NUMBER

accession number
account number
call number
climber
contact number
cool as a cucumber
f-number
house number
mobile number
order number
plumber
prime number
random number
reference number
registration number
serial number
social security number
street number
telephone number
VAT number
wrong number

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phone number» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHONE NUMBER

Find out the translation of phone number to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phone number 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 number» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

电话号码
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

número de teléfono
570 millions of speakers

English

phone number
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ़ोन नंबर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

رَقَمُ الْتَلِيفُون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

номер телефона
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

número de telefone
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফোন নম্বর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

numéro de téléphone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

nombor telefon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Telefonnummer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

電話番号
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전화번호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nomer telpon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

số điện thoại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொலைபேசி எண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फोन नंबर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

telefon numarası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

numero di telefono
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

numer telefonu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

телефонний номер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

număr de telefon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αριθμός τηλεφώνου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

telefoonnommer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

telefonnummer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

telefonnummer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phone number

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHONE NUMBER»

The term «phone number» is very widely used and occupies the 5.461 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHONE NUMBER» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «PHONE NUMBER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word phone number.
1
Rodney Atkins
Some people grab my hair and pull it out. People write on my jeans when I'm on stage. They write on my boots - their phone number, name or whatever.
2
Todd Barry
People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain extent, I understand that, because comedy is treated so much as a stepping stone by a lot of people.
3
Kristen Bell
I loved Catholic school. I didn't like being beeped at by old pervs at the gas station because I was wearing a plaid skirt, though. It's like, do you think I'm going to stop and give you my phone number?
4
Paul Buchheit
Only my phone number and email are private because I don't want random people calling me. But I like the ability to share everything.
5
Marilyn Hacker
I lived in the studio apartment that I bought for four years before I bought it in 1989, so I was already in it. I began living there in 1985, so I've had the same address and phone number since then.
6
Celia Imrie
The thing about members of your family is that if you met them for the first time at a party, you might not bother to take their phone number, and yet something binds you.
7
Spike Jonze
I have a home phone number, and I like it! It's like a throwback already.
8
Rob Kardashian
I literally change my phone number 10 times a year and I don't ever save my contacts.
9
Aerin Lauder
I don't use a stylist. I know what I like, so I do it myself. I rip things out from fashion magazines. It's easy to order when the phone number is right on the page.
10
Robert Osborne
My age and my phone number are both unlisted.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHONE NUMBER»

Discover the use of phone number in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phone number and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
I've Got Your Number
I hope you enjoy the book! Love, Sophie xx I've lost it. :( The only thing in the world I wasn't supposed to lose. My engagement ring. It's been in Magnus's family for three generations.
Sophie Kinsella, 2012
2
Dating For Dummies
There are a number of ways to give out a phone number without actually giving out a phone number: I'm listed. If you want the person to get in touch, make sure you've made the listing clear as it appears in the phone book. In many cases ...
Joy Browne, 2011
3
Don't Share Your Phone Number Online
IE. It is OK to give your phone number to friends. You can trust your friends. Never give your phone number online! There are many reasons why. [g] A website might ask for your phone number. It.
Shannon Miller, 2013
4
Frommer's Sicily
Then dial the actual phone number. A local phone call in Italy costs around .20€ ( 25¢). Public phones accept coins, precharged phone cards (scheda or carta telefonica), or both. You can buy a carta telefonica at any tabacchi (tobacco shop;  ...
Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, 2009
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Special edition using Microsoft Office 2003
If Outlook parses this information incorrectly, or if you need to add a country code to the number, click to select the phone number field and then click the button to the right of the field. This action opens a dialog box that allows you to enter or ...
Ed Bott, Woody Leonhard, 2003
6
Windows 2000 Routing and Remote Access Services
Note that this is not the users phone number, but rather the number the user dials . DNIS sends the dialed number to the receiving hardware. This is the same technology that allows a single phone number to use multiple voice mailboxes.
Kackie Charles, 2000
7
Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Part 1 ...
This step is optional because the Cisco IP Phone user can use the Edit softkey and edit the phone number from a call history list and manually dial the required codes to properly route the call. 3. The Cisco IP Phone receives the call or the call ...
Joshua Samuel Finke, Dennis Hartmann, 2011
8
Silverlight Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
The snippet below shows an example where a positioned parameter specifies the formatting ofthe phone number: <TextBox Text="{Binding Path=PhoneNum, StringFormat='Phone No: \{0:(###) ###-####\}' }"/> In this case, a source value ...
Jit Ghosh, Rob Cameron, 2010
9
Taking Your iPhone 4 to the Max
Enter a phone number, press the Add Contact button, and a details screen opens (Figure 3–2). On the details screen, enter the details for the new contact, such as name, address, and company. If you need to add the number to an existing ...
Erica Sadun, Steve Sande, 2010
10
No Stress Tech Guide to Crystal Reports XI for Beginners
In Exercise 9.8 you created a formula to format a phone number field. What you saw was that all of the phone numbers were not the same length. This caused some of the phone numbers to not be formatted properly. Using the Length function ...
Indera Murphy, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHONE NUMBER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phone number is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Donald Trump Gives Out Lindsey Graham's Cell Phone Number
Graham's cell phone number is 202-228-0292. Or at least it was. By now his minions have probably scared up a new ten-digit Washington, D.C. ... «FITSNews, Jul 15»
2
Updating your phone number could mean swifter power restoration …
But, your phone number can actually make it come back faster. Indianapolis Power and Light (IPL) says it really is as simple as making sure ... «WTTV CBS4Indy, Jul 15»
3
Sean Hannity Thinks Trump Giving Out Sen. Graham's Phone
While a normal person might have thought that Donald Trump's stunt of giving out Senator Lindsey Graham's cell phone number was a ... «NewsHounds, Jul 15»
4
Council phone number switch
The number is changing to an 03 number. The switch over will take place on August 3. A council spokesperson said: “It is the same great ... «Arbroath Herald, Jul 15»
5
Lindsey Graham Uses a Flip Phone and Memorizes Phone …
On Tuesday, Donald Trump gratuitously revealed Sen. Lindsey Graham's cell phone number to an audience in South Carolina. He did this ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Trump holds up rival's phone number after criticism
BLUFFTON, South Carolina: Presidential candidate Donald Trump has pulled a classic adolescent prank by releasing the phone number of a ... «Arab News, Jul 15»
7
Vengeful Trump gives rival's phone number live on TV
As he runs for the White House, Donald Trump has revealed the mobile phone number of an opponent on live television, accused all Mexicans ... «The Times, Jul 15»
8
Punchlines: Around Trump, watch your phone number
Just when you thought the GOP presidential campaign couldn't get crazier, it did. In response to criticism from Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
9
New scam uses San Mateo police phone number
San Mateo police are warning of a scam in which a caller claimed to be a San Mateo police officer and said she had a warrant for her arrest ... «San Mateo Daily Journal, Jul 15»
10
Amazon Shopping v5.7 for Android brings ability to sign up with a …
As more and more Internet usage shifts towards mobile, particularly to smartphones, app developers are recognizing the phone number as an ... «9 to 5 Google, Jul 15»

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