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# phone

noun (phone, phones); verb (phone, phones, phoned, phoning)

«phone» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A phone is a device for calling and talking to people far away. A mobile phone (cell phone) can also send messages, take photos and use the internet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/#m1)
2. To phone is to call someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/#m2)
3. «On the phone» means talking by phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths: a thing bought with a price; calls made; minutes or battery used; saving for a phone. In everyday life: calling family, emergency calls (911 in the USA and Canada, 999 or 112 in the UK and Ireland, 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand). In science: phones send signals by radio waves. Safety: do not share personal details or photos with strangers by phone.

### Examples

- The phone costs 200 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/#x1)
- She talked on the phone for 15 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/#x2)
- He saves 20 dollars a week for a phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/#x3)
- She phoned her grandma 3 times this week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/#x4)
- The phone battery is at 20 percent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/#x5)
- In an emergency, phone 911. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/#x6)
- Put your phone away during dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/#x7)
- Don't answer calls from numbers you don't know. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/#x8)
- Dad is on the phone with the doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/#x9)

### Note

Usually a thing bought: cost and saving problems. Minutes of calls add up. Trap: «phone» is the thing, its price is the number. «Phone» is short for telephone; «ph» sounds like «f». British: mobile; American: cell phone. Learn your emergency number by heart.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «phone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«phone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phone.html) on Mova free.