telephone calls
Distant spoken exchanges
Telephone calls are voice conversations conducted over telephone lines or wireless networks.
The term covers everything from brief check-ins to lengthy discussions: I need to make a few telephone calls before lunch.
In an era of texting and email, telephone calls often imply more urgency or personal connection than written messages.
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- phone callsAuditory telecommunication sessions
- phone numberNumeric calling address
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- rotary dialCircular phone input
landline · answering machine · caller ID · conversation · phone tree · busy signal · put on hold · phone booth · hold music · phone tag · hang up the phone · hangup · Alexander Graham Bell · ringing · earpiece · long distance · speakerphone · operator
- conversationlistening, talk, talking, chat, speaking
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, antennas
telephone callstext messages
Short mobile communications
emails · faxes · telegrams · handwritten notes · texting
telephone callswritten correspondence
Exchanged messages on paper
formal letters · legal documents · silence · no contact · radio silence
call, calling, telephone, telephoned, telephones, telephone call, telemarketing, telemetry, telephony