PHONE CALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phone call mean? 

• PHONE CALL (noun)
  The noun PHONE CALL has 1 sense:

1. a telephone connection

  Familiarity information: PHONE CALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHONE CALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A telephone connection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

call; phone call; telephone call

Context example:

he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call

Hypernyms ("phone call" is a kind of...):

telephone; telephony (transmitting speech at a distance)

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

 Context examples 

There is no time to gather valuables or make a phone call.

(Fires, Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) In the past 30 days, how often have you had to make an emergency phone call or show up at the clinic without an appointment?

(COMM - Emergency Phone Call or Clinic Visit, NCI Thesaurus)

Other major romantic dates include: January 15—a perfect day for you if you are a single Capricorn because Uranus will make a direct phone call to Cupid on your behalf.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The Sun rules your third house of writing, speaking, publicity, editing, research, and other communication arts, so you may receive a very exciting phone call, text, or another message about how well you are doing.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)