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# speakerphone

noun (a speakerphone, speakerphones; on speakerphone)

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

## Everyday

1. A speakerphone is a setting on a phone that lets you hear the caller through a loudspeaker, so everyone in the room can listen and talk without holding the phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speakerphone/#m1)
2. A speakerphone is also a phone or device that works this way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speakerphone/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life families put calls on speakerphone so everyone can talk to Grandma. Safety: drivers use speakerphone or hands-free so they don't hold the phone; you should tell the caller if others can hear. Phrases: on speakerphone, put it on speakerphone, switch to speakerphone.

### Examples

- Mum put Grandma on speakerphone so we could all say hello. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speakerphone/#x1)
- Can you hear me? I'm on speakerphone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speakerphone/#x2)
- Dad uses the speakerphone in the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speakerphone/#x3)
- Turn off the speakerphone, it's too loud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speakerphone/#x4)
- The teacher called the head on speakerphone during class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speakerphone/#x5)
- Let me switch to speakerphone so my brother can hear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speakerphone/#x6)

### Note

Usually one word, sometimes «speaker phone». We say «on speakerphone» (not «in»). Related: hands-free, loudspeaker.

## On Mova

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