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How to pronounce phone
Say it like this: /ˈfoʊ̯n/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does phone mean?
nounA device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
“My phone ran out of battery.”
A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.
verbTo call (someone) using a telephone.
“Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.”
To say via telephone.
“After I wrote the 23ⁿᵈ bout midnite Charles phoned he got my note + could I come over then?”
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