English > telephone call: 1 sense > noun 1, communicationMeaning | A telephone connection. |
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Synonyms | call, phone call |
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Narrower | call-back | A return call |
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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 |
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Spanish | llamada de teléfono, llamada, llamada telefónica, telefonazo, teléfono |
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Catalan | telefonada, trucada, trucada telefònica |
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