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mobile phone

noun
noun
BrE BrE//ˌməʊbaɪl ˈfəʊn//
; NAmE NAmE//ˌmoʊbl ˈfoʊn//
(also mobile) (both British English) (also cell phone, cellular phone, informal cell North American English, British English) Mobile devices
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a telephone that does not have wires and works by radio, that you can carry with you and use anywhere Please make sure all mobile phones are switched off during the performance. CollocationsPhonesMaking and receiving phone calls the phone/​telephone rings answer/​pick up/​hang up the phone/​telephone lift/​pick up/​hold/​replace the receiver dial a (phone/​extension/​wrong) number/​an area code call somebody/​talk (to somebody)/speak (to somebody) on the phone/​telephone; from home/​work/​the office make/​get/​receive a phone call take the phone off the hook (= remove the receiver so that the phone does not ring) the line is (British English) engaged/ (especially North American English) busy the phones have been (North American English) ringing off the hook (= ringing frequently) put somebody through/​get through to the person you want to speak to put somebody on hold (= so that they must wait for the person they want to speak to) call from/​use a landlineMobile/​cell phones be/​talk on a (both British English) mobile phone/​mobile/(especially North American English) cell phone/(informal, especially North American English) cell use/​answer/​call (somebody on)/get a message on your mobile phone/​mobile/​cell phone/​cell switch/​turn on/​off your mobile phone/​mobile/​cell phone/​cell charge/​recharge your mobile phone/​mobile/​cell phone/​cell a mobile/​cell phone is on/​is off/​rings/​goes off (British English) top up your mobile (phone) send/​receive a text (message)/an SMS (message)/a fax insert/​remove/​change a SIM card Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivepay-as-you-go, prepaid, hand-held, … verb + mobile phoneuse, switch off, top up, … mobile phone + verbring mobile-phone/​mobile + nounnumber, ringtone, company, … prepositionfrom your mobile phone , on your mobile phone phrasesthe use of mobile phone s See full entry See related entries: Mobile devices
See mobile phone in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee mobile phone in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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