Phoned

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /fəʊnd/

Definitions

1. To establish communication by using a device designed for voice transmission over a network
2. To reach out to an individual via a mechanical method that allows for real-time audio interaction
3. Contacting someone by utilizing a telecommunications device to convey spoken messages

Etymology: "Phoned" is simply the past tense and past participle of "phone", so its history is the history of that verb. "Phone" is a clipping of "telephone", a word first attested in 1884, and the clipped form followed the full word's lineage: "tele-", from Ancient Greek "têle" meaning "far", combined with "phōnē", meaning "sound" or "voice". The telephone thus named a device for carrying distant sound. Using "phone" as a verb came later than the noun. Once "phone" was established as a shortened name for the device, speakers began treating it as a verb meaning to call someone on the instrument, and "phoned" followed the regular English pattern of adding "-ed". The verb's origin is therefore a short form of a compound built from two Greek elements, with the verb ending added in English.

Synonyms: called, telephoned, contacted, dialed, rang

Antonyms: ignored, avoided, neglected, missed, disregarded