telephone number

noun

|Updated on: 19 Jul 2018

Definition of telephone number

: a number assigned to a telephone line for a specific phone or set of phones (as for a residence) that is used to call that phone — called also phone number

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Recent Examples of telephone number from the Web

Users are asked to fill out a survey and input personal information like their home address, date of birth, and telephone number.

— mckenna moore, Fortune, "Kroger Warns Customers to Beware Fake Online Coupons," 10 July 2018
Letters for publication should include the writer’s name, address and telephone number.

— New York Times, "Letters to the Editor," 6 July 2018
Before returning to her desk, Ms. Lewinsky wrote down her name and telephone number for the President.

— michael s. rosenwald, Washington Post, "Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky and the Starr Report’s aspirations as literary bodice ripper," 26 Jan. 2018
The court had asked for significantly more detail like user names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses.

— lily hay newman, WIRED, "Encrypted Messaging Isn’t Magic," 14 June 2018
Letters for publication should include the writer’s name, address and telephone number.

— New York Times, "Letters to the Editor," 27 Apr. 2018
In a corner of each mural, the artist has painted the name and age of the missing youngster, and a telephone number to call in case anyone has information.

— almudena calatrava, The Christian Science Monitor, "Argentines use murals to draw awareness to missing children," 24 May 2018
This Information may include, for instance, a recipient's name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number. 2.

— CNN, "CNN Privacy Policy," 15 May 2018
But that telephone number was reportedly out of service.

— sarah gray, Time, "Delta Mistakenly Flies Puppy Bound for Boise to Detroit, Las Vegas and Salt Lake City Instead," 20 Mar. 2018

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