callnoun
I've got a few phone calls to make.
There was a phone call for you this morning.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Communications - by telephone
0800 number
3G
4G
5G
access code
aeroplane mode
airplane mode
buzz
caller ID
Freephone
ISDN
nomophobia
patch someone through
phone in
phone mast
pick
reverse
speakerphone
telephone
unlisted

phone call | Business English

phone call
noun[ C ]
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COMMUNICATIONS
an occasion when you use the phone:
make a phone callI just have to make a quick phone call before we leave.
have/get a phone callWe had a phone call saying the package had arrived.
a phone call to/from sbThat was a phone call from my boss.

Examples of phone call

phone call
Once again, however, we should note that the numbers remembering a phonecall are small, so some caution is in order here.
Approximately 3 weeks after the completion of treatment, a follow-up phonecall was made by the radiation therapist.
Typically, once a phonecall is received, the dialogue manager prompts the caller with either a prerecorded or synthesized greeting prompt.
Participants were notified of treatment assignment in a subsequent phonecall.
The study objectives and protocol were explained to them in a letter, followed by a phonecall and a personal visit.
Contingent needs are requirements for contingent ends, which the needing being might or might not have (like the phonecall).
Those from the hospital were recruited from the intake office at the time of the initial phonecall.
We would have a phonecall, at least once a week.
For some families, frequent contact with a professional may be necessary whereas for other families regular phonecall follow-ups may be sufficiently beneficial.
Each line in this file corresponds to a phonecall from that phone.
These days it takes six weeks for anyone to return a phonecall.
In those days you didn't pick up the telephone the way you do nowadays-it had to be something very urgent to make a phonecall!
Sargent helped to recruit me with a phonecall.
Families received an introductory letter followed by a phonecall.
A reminder phonecall is unlikely to be cost-effective, even if the issue of con dentiality could be overcome.
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