numbernoun

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

Examples from literature

He had many important new ideas, but he never remembered his phone number. 

phone number | American Dictionary

phone number
noun[ C ]
us/ˈfoʊn ˌnʌm·bər/
a series of numbers which you use to call a particular telephone

phone number | Business English

phone number
noun[ C ]
ukus
COMMUNICATIONS
a number that can be used to contact a particular person, company, or organization by phone:
What's your phone number?
I sent a text round to all my contacts with my new phone number.

Examples of phone number

phone number
She gave them her phonenumber, and told them that she was available during the day.
Painted with the store's name above the entrance is a symbol for a soft drink company and the address and phonenumber of the store.
There is a transaction file of the same name as each phonenumber.
Each line in this file consists of a phonenumber followed by the name.
I searched stores, placed special orders, tried to find the publisher's phonenumber.
We met with another paper, they missed the phonenumber off.
Not every phonenumber is phone word material.
Or they may be just a throwback to the old days when every phonenumber began with a real word, called an exchange.
The file whitepages contains the name and phonenumber of each person.
An enterprising reporter found out the phonenumber of the house and called.
Information such as our mobile phonenumber, our idea of a good night out, whether we told lies, and a favourite line.
Where the text is printed and the letters correspond to the digits of a phonenumber, the word-internal mixing of scripts appears to be intentional.
The borrower may use up all the units, the interest for the owner lies in saving his account and phonenumber for another three months.
I had a phonenumber, but no one answered.
The cost forms were preceded by an instruction with examples for each question and a phonenumber to dial in case of questions.
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