Definition of answering machine
: a machine that receives telephone calls by playing a recorded message and usually by recording messages from callers
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Examples of answering machine in a Sentence
I haven't spoken to him yet, but he left a message on my answering machine.
Recent Examples of answering machine from the Web
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This Is John,’’ about a man struggling to record a coherent answering machine message, for just $3 — the cost of a blank tape.
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The traditional-looking sitcom plays up James' good looks and affable nature and the couple's dorky rituals, like recording unnecessarily elaborate musical answering machine messages and their general awkwardness around the superstar.
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My parents called the parents of the boy across the street and played them the answering machine tape.
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In some cases, people get an answering machine or a busy signal.
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Otherwise, somebody would have been able to snag a recording off an answering machine or some other device.
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After being interviewed twice by investigators, Linville began to leave upward of 30 voicemails on Clark County Sheriff's Detective Donnie Bowyer's answering machine.
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Snail mail has gone the way of folding maps, modems, floppy disks, video tapes, answering machines, pay phones, typewriters, pagers and books.
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A few days before Christmas, a message was left on the Meeker Mansion’s answering machine.
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First Known Use of answering machine
1924
ANSWERING MACHINE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of answering machine for English Language Learners
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: a machine that answers the telephone and records messages left by the people who call
ANSWERING MACHINE Defined for Kids
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Definition of answering machine for Students
: a machine that receives telephone calls and records messages from callers
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