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on the phone

on the phone
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [on, awn stressed th ee fohn]
    • /ɒn, ɔn stressed ði foʊn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [on, awn stressed th ee fohn]
    • /ɒn, ɔn stressed ði foʊn/

Definitions of on the phone words

  • adverb on the phone having a telephone conversation 1
  • phrase on the phone If you say that someone is on the phone, you mean that they are speaking to someone else by phone. 0
  • phrase on the phone If you are on the phone, you have a phone in your home or place of work, so that you can be contacted by phone. 0
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Parts of speech for On the phone

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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on the phone popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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