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000

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Australia/trɪpəl.əʊ/

000 proper noun: the telephone number for emergency services in Australia.

Proper noun

000

  1. The telephone number for emergency services in Australia.
    • When you call 000, the Telstra operator usually answers the phone with "Emergency. Police, fire, or ambulance?"
    Synonyms:
    Triple O, Triple Zero, 000 Emergency

Synonyms of 000

Origin of 000

A variant of the British 999, originally selected as an appropriate number for rotary-dial telephones and adapted in Australia because of the need to dial an initial 0 from remote exchanges to connect to the main trunk lines.

Questions about 000

What does 000 mean?
000 means the telephone number for emergency services in Australia.
What part of speech is 000?
000 is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce 000?
000 is pronounced /trɪpəl.əʊ/ (Australia).

Words near 000 in the dictionary

  1. 0-dimensional
  2. 0-dimensional chess
  3. 0-G
  4. 0/10
  5. 00's
  6. 000
  7. 007
  8. 007 knife
  9. 007 knives
  10. 007s
  11. 00s

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