phoning
UK/ˈfəʊnɪŋ//ˈfoʊnɪŋ/
phoning is the present participle and gerund of phone.
Meaning of phone
Verb
phone (third-person singular simple present phones, present participle phoning, simple past and past participle phoned)
- To call (someone) using a telephone.
- Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.
- 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
Noun
phoning (plural phonings)
- The act of placing a telephone call.
- So after all this hurry and hustle in the house, the coffee and papers and phonings, the soundings and measurements over the whole place, I was instructed to take off my apron and sit down […]2002, Martha Stephens, The Treatment, page 63
Forms of phoning
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Words formed from phoning
Phrases with phoning
Words that rhyme with phoning
Questions about phoning
- What does phoning mean?
- Phoning means the act of placing a telephone call.
- What is phoning the present participle and gerund of?
- Phoning is the present participle and gerund of phone.
- What part of speech is phoning?
- Phoning is a noun.
- How do you pronounce phoning?
- Phoning is pronounced /ˈfəʊnɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of phoning?
- The plural of phoning is phonings.
Words near phoning in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: phoning (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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