# telephoning

Pronunciation: US say "TEL-uh-fohn-ing" /ˈtɛl.əˌfoʊn.ɪŋ/; UK say "TEL-i-fohn-ing" /ˈtɛl.ɪˌfəʊn.ɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The action of placing a telephone call in order to reach someone.
   - Simple: The act of calling someone using a phone.
   - _Hours of telephoning finally tracked down the missing shipment._
   - _The job involves a lot of telephoning between branches each day._

## Verb

2. Present participle of telephone. — present participle and gerund of telephone
   - Simple: Present participle of telephone. Use this form for an action happening right now.
   - _The clerk was telephoning each customer to confirm the new delivery date._
   - _We spent the morning telephoning suppliers about the delayed parts._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/telephoning (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).