| NOUN | communication | phone call, call, telephone call | a telephone connection |
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| Meaning | A telephone connection. | |
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| Example | "he placed a phone call to London" | |
| Synonyms | call, telephone call | |
| Narrower | call-back | A return call |
| call-in | A telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program | |
| collect call | A telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for | |
| conference call | A telephone call in which more than two people participate | |
| crank call | A hostile telephone call (from a crank) | |
| local call | A telephone call made within a local calling area | |
| long distance, long-distance call, trunk call | A telephone call made outside the local calling area | |
| 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) | |
| Broader | telephone, telephony | transmitting speech at a distance |
| Spanish | llamada de teléfono, llamada, llamada telefónica, telefonazo, teléfono | |
| Catalan | telefonada, trucada, trucada telefònica | |
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