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retelephone

retelephone verb: to telephone again.

Verb

retelephone (third-person singular simple present retelephones, present participle retelephoning, simple past and past participle retelephoned)

  1. To telephone again.

Forms of retelephone

third-person singular presentretelephones
present participleretelephoning
past participleretelephoned
pastretelephoned

Origin of retelephone

From re- + telephone.

Questions about retelephone

What does retelephone mean?
Retelephone means to telephone again.
What part of speech is retelephone?
Retelephone is a verb.
What is the past tense of retelephone?
The past tense of retelephone is retelephoned.

Words near retelephone in the dictionary

  1. retelecasts
  2. retelegraph
  3. retelegraphed
  4. retelegraphing
  5. retelegraphs
  6. retelephone
  7. retelephoned
  8. retelephones
  9. retelephoning
  10. retelevise
  11. retelevised

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