telephoning
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]telephoning
- present participle and gerund of telephone
Noun
[edit]telephoning (plural telephonings)
- The act of placing a telephone call.
- 1954 November, “Train Arrival Indicators at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 738:
- The visual indicators are a decided improvement, and have reduced the telephoning by the staff in the signalbox.
- 1984 August 5, “Women Lawyers Unit Describes Its Role”, in The New York Times[1]:
- In the brouhaha over the reappointment of Superior Court Judge Sylvia Pressler, we organized massive support - telegramming, telephoning and writing to encourage the State Senate to exercise its advise and consent function responsibly.
- 2001, William Hairston, Passion and Politics:
- More and more people agreed to help with the mailings, the hand-distribution of flyers, and telephonings. Others agreed to be gofers and fetchers.