telephone number

noun

: 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

Examples of telephone number in a Sentence

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Does the business have the same location/telephone number/fax number, etc. Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025 Each must include a valid mailing address and telephone number. Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025 In October 2020, Trump signed a bipartisan bill making 988 the universal telephone number to reach the national suicide prevention hotline. Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025 This may have included one or more of the following: name, email address, telephone number, gender and/or birth date. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for telephone number

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of telephone number was in 1880

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“Telephone number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telephone%20number. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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