Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A telephone service allowing a subscriber to accept a second incoming call by placing an ongoing call on hold, and to switch between such calls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: telephone, telephony
History
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Across languages
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