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    TELEPHONE CALL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A telephone connectionplay

    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 ("telephone call" is a kind of...):

    telephone; telephony (transmitting speech at a distance)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telephone 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))

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