telephone directory

(Telecommunications) a book listing the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of subscribers in a particular area

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Noun

telephone directory - a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers

phone book, phonebook, telephone book

directory - an alphabetical list of names and addresses

white pages - a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on white paper) where the names of people are listed alphabetically along with their telephone numbers

yellow pages - a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on yellow paper) where business products and services are listed alphabetically by field along with classified advertising

Translations

دَليل التِّلفوندَلِيلُ الهَاتِف

telefonní seznam

telefonbog

Telefonbuch

τηλεφωνικός κατάλογος

guía telefónica

puhelinluettelo

annuaire téléphonique

telefonski imenik

símaskrá

elenco telefonico

電話帳

전화번호부

telefoonboek

telefonkatalog

książka telefoniczna

lista telefónica lista telefônica

телефонная книга

telefonski imenik

telefonkatalog

สมุดโทรศัพท์

telefon rehberi

danh bạ điện thoại

电话号码簿电话簿

telephone directory

telephone book n → guida del telefono, elenco telefonico

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

telephone

(ˈtelifəun) noun

(often abbreviated to phone) (foun) an instrument for speaking to someone from a distance, using either an electric current which passes along a wire or radio waves. He spoke to me by telephone / on the telephone; (also adjective) a telephone number/operator.

(often abbreviated to phone (foun) ) verb

1. to (try to) speak to (someone) by means of the telephone. I'll telephone you tomorrow.

2. to send (a message) or ask for (something) by means of the telephone. I'll telephone for a taxi.

3. to reach or make contact with (another place) by means of the telephone. Can one telephone England from Australia?

teˈlephonist (-ˈle-) noun

a person who operates a telephone switchboard in a telephone exchange.

telephone booth, telephone box (also ˈcall-box)

a small room or compartment containing a telephone for public use.

telephone directory

a book containing a list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all the people with telephones in a particular area. Look them up in the telephone directory.

telephone exchange

a central control through which telephone calls are directed.

telephone directory

→ دَلِيلُ الهَاتِف telefonní seznam telefonbog Telefonbuch τηλεφωνικός κατάλογος guía telefónica puhelinluettelo annuaire téléphonique telefonski imenik elenco telefonico 電話帳 전화번호부 telefoonboek telefonkatalog książka telefoniczna lista telefónica, lista telefônica телефонная книга telefonkatalog สมุดโทรศัพท์ telefon rehberi danh bạ điện thoại 电话簿

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References in classic literature

The telephone directory lay open on one of the pedestals.

View in context

On it is a telephone and the telephone directory. The corner beyond, and most of the side wall, is occupied by a grand piano, with the keyboard at the end furthest from the door, and a bench for the player extending the full length of the keyboard.

View in context

He further said that compiling Alhamra telephone directory and documenting history of Alhamra are very difficult tasks.

History of Alhamra to be published

Or when you got a bit older, you'd search the telephone directory for people you might know, and the laughs you had when you found a saucy name.

FROM THE BARBER'S CHAIR; SUNDAY SHOUT Letters will not be included unless you include your name, full postal address and daytime phone number (we prefer to use names of letter writers but you can ask for your name not to be published if you have a good reason). Address letters to: The Editor, Liverpool ECHO, PO Box 48, Old Hall Street, Liverpool L69 3EB. Or email us at: letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk Email: letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk

Publication of telephone directory. (1) Every telephone company, licencee, service provider or operator performing its functions and providing any type of telecommunication services under this Act shall publish a telephone directory containing the names, addresses, telephone numbers and any other information as it deems fit and necessary about its service users, subscribers, connection holders for the information of its telephone users, subscribers, customers and for public at large on yearly basis.

Bill tabled in NA To amend Pakistan Telecommunications Re-Organization Act, 1996

Mobile Directory Services is driven by the need to provide and offer Namibians a more affordable, more accessible and user friendly telephone directory.

Information age inspires local mobile directory services business

The annually published telephone directory is also supplemented by Batelco's paperless online directory service.- TradeArabia News Service

Batelco releases latest telephone directory

Use the number from the telephone directory or recent utility bill, not the one on the card.

Advice given to halt conmen

Yell.com, a telephone directory website, announced on 3 April the re-launch of its UK website.

Yell.com re-launches UK directory site

"The district also wanted to give its staff and faculty four-digit dialing across locations, an online telephone directory and mobility features."

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It might be childish, but most of us laugh when we see a funny name in a telephone directory. www.funnyname.com lists hundreds of hilarious names from the yellow pages for you to browse through.

WEB LIFE

RASTE a surname listed 5 times in US telephone directories [White Pages] and 4 times in the 1981 Oslo, Norway telephone directory [TD]

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