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How to use intercom in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, verb

Intercom means an independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence, typically for access control. Example: “It looks like somebody finally clued them in that the intercom was broken the whole time.”

Examples of intercom by meaning

nounAn independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence...

  • talk on the intercom

More sentences with intercom

  • It looks like somebody finally clued them in that the intercom was broken the whole time.From the entry clue in
  • Her third-floor flat in the old Edwardian house had no entry phone or intercom system.2010, Tania Carver, The Creeper. From the entry entry phone
  • Leaving it on his desk, he pressed down the intercom button on his multilined phone.2003, Marie Ferrarella, And Babies Make Four. From the entry multilined
  • The subject then was instructed via intercom simply to sit quietly and relax while looking at the blank videoscreen.1984, Deane H. Shapiro, Roger N. Walsh, Meditation, classic and contemporary perspectives. From the entry videoscreen
  • The intercom system worked beautifully, despite the fact that the ear plugs were designed for human rather than kzinti ears.1970, Larry Niven, Ringworld, page 276. From the entry beautifully
  • Of course, I didn't notice that, so my girlfriend rang me using the intercom and said that a strange women was standing at my door.1998 September 20, DJB, “Man at my bed”, in alt.folklore.ghost-stories (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022. From the entry appartement
  • As she bent over the intercom the little skirt went peek-a-boo and you could see white pants cupping her buttocks like a bra.1984, Martin Amis, Money, Vintage, published 2005, page 183. From the entry pants
  • Janet Gwilherm, who was presently dwarfing the duty desk — she was tall and rangy, like a basketball player — whacked the intercom button and announced herself.2022 September 7, HarryBlank, “Remember, Remember…”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024. From the entry rangy
  • The engineer shivers in the bright chill and lights a gasper of his own and tells Madame Psychosis through the intercom that the whole range of levels is fine.1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 183. From the entry gasper

Meaning of intercom

  1. noun An independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence, typically for access control.
  2. verb To communicate (with) by intercom.

Full definition of intercom

Questions about intercom in a sentence

How do you use intercom in a sentence?
Intercom is used as a noun and verb. For example: “It looks like somebody finally clued them in that the intercom was broken the whole time.”
What is a short sentence with intercom?
“talk on the intercom”
What does intercom mean?
Intercom means an independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence, typically for access control.

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