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

Recent Examples on the Web Each must include a valid mailing address and telephone number. —

Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024 Harris could not immediately be reached at a telephone number listed for him. —

Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024 You are discouraged from publicly posting your full name, telephone number, street address, e-mail address or other information that identifies you or allows strangers to find you or to steal your identity. —

fieldandstream.com, 18 July 2024 The company also said that only telephone numbers and cell site IDs were obtained by hackers — not other sensitive data, such as the content of texts, Social Security numbers and birth dates. —

Laura Bratton, Quartz, 12 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for telephone number

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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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