answering service

noun

Definition of answering service

: a commercial service that answers telephone calls for its clients

Examples of answering service in a Sentence

The doctor is not in the office now, but you can reach her answering service at this number if you have an emergency.

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Already, people are using AI systems in their homes, in less human-sounding phone answering services, and many other applications. — Jason Lemon, ajc, "Should we be concerned about Google's new human-like AI assistant?," 11 May 2018 Calls to many local funeral homes went to voice mail, answering services or just rang endlessly as the area deals with widespread power outages. — Alex Harris And Howard Cohen, miamiherald, "Even the dead have to wait for power as funeral homes struggle without the basics," 13 Sep. 2017

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The first known use of answering service was in 1952

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answering service

noun

English Language Learners Definition of answering service

: a business that answers telephone calls and takes messages for the people and businesses that hire it

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