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phoned

UK/fəʊnd//foʊnd/

phoned is the simple past and past participle of phone.

Meaning of phone

Verb

phone (third-person singular simple present phones, present participle phoning, simple past and past participle phoned)

  1. (ambitransitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.
    • Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.
  2. (reporting verb) To say via telephone.
    • Well, the first I knew, Mr. Cooney phoned he had a buyer for my farm, and wanted to know if he could come down.1905, Patrick Woodard, quotee, “Woodard vs. Cooney”, in The South Western Reporter, volume 85

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Phrases with phoned

Words that rhyme with phoned

Questions about phoned

What is phoned the simple past and past participle of?
Phoned is the simple past and past participle of phone.
How do you pronounce phoned?
Phoned is pronounced /fəʊnd/ (UK).

Words near phoned in the dictionary

  1. phonecams
  2. phonecard
  3. phonecards
  4. phonecase
  5. phonecases
  6. phoned
  7. phoned ahead
  8. phoned home
  9. phoned in
  10. phoned up
  11. phoneful

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phoned (page history and authors); phone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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