| app |
An app is a computer application designed for use on a mobile device such as a cell phone. |
| audio |
An audio is something you can hear on a computer, tablet, or phone. An audio often gives you information, lets you hear how something sounds, or tells you how to do something, [1/3 definitions] |
| bye1 |
"Bye" is a short way of saying "good-bye." We often say "bye" just before we go away from another person, or before they go away from us, or when we end a call on our phone. |
| cell phone |
a telephone that operates using radio signals and therefore requires no wires. A cell phone can be taken with one anywhere but may not function if it is too far away from a radio transmitter to receive signals. |
| cellular phone |
a telephone that can be taken anywhere and does not use wires. A cellular phone uses radio signals that are sent out from many different points called "cells." A cellular phone gets its signals from whatever cell is closest to it at the moment. A cellular phone is often called a "cell phone." |
| charge |
When you charge something like a telephone, you put electrical power into it so that it can work. Some things that use electricity get it through wires that plug into an electrical source. But electrical things without wires get their electricity from something called "batteries." When we charge a telephone, we are charging the batteries inside it so that the phone will have the power to work in any place we want it to. [1/9 definitions] |
| chat |
When you chat, you have a conversation with one or more people by writing messages on a computer or phone and sending them over the internet. The messages appear right after they are sent, so it's easy for other people to write back quickly. [2/4 definitions] |
| chirp |
When a small bird or an insect chirps, it makes a very short, high-pitched sound. Chirping is a way that these animals communicate with each other. Sometimes we say that a cell phone "chirps" when it makes a sound similar to this. |
| dial |
A dial is a flat, round thing that is part of some older telephones. These telephones have numbers on the front of them arranged in a circle. The dial is attached to the front of the phone but has holes in it--one over each number. You put your finger in a hole over a number and move the dial around to select that number. When you've finished selecting each of the numbers you want, your call can go through. [2/4 definitions] |
| dictionary |
A dictionary is something that tells you the meaning of words and a lot of other things about them. It is a book that you can hold in your hands or something like a book that you can read on a computer or phone. A dictionary tells you what words mean, how to say them, how they are spelled, and how they are used in a sentence. |
| download |
When you download something from the internet, you put it onto your own computer. When you download something, like a song or a game, it becomes part of your computer's memory. Now you can play the song or game whenever you want without using the internet. You can download things from the internet onto other kinds of things like a music player, tablet, or phone too. |
| exchange |
If you give your lunch to your friend and your friend gives his lunch to you, then the two of you are exchanging lunches. If people exchange phone numbers, each person gives their phone number to the other, and each person receives the other person's phone number. [1/3 definitions] |
| flood |
If you are flooded with things, you are suddenly getting very many of them or too many for you to handle. If someone is flooded with phone messages, they are suddenly getting many more messages than usual and maybe more than they can answer. [1/6 definitions] |
| forever |
When someone is forever talking on the phone, it means that they are always talking on the phone. [1/2 definitions] |
| hear |
When you hear from someone, you get a phone call, message, or letter from them. If you hear about something, it means that somebody has reported or told you about it. [1/5 definitions] |
| icon |
on a phone or computer display, a small drawing that is used as a symbol. Clicking on the symbol requests a certain action from the computer, such as opening a file, taking a user to a location, or playing an audio. [1/3 definitions] |
| information |
a telephone service that can tell the caller the phone number of a person or business. [1/2 definitions] |
| in person |
being actually present, rather than on the phone or radio, in pictures, or in the movies. |
| message |
to send a message to (someone), especially using a cell phone or computer. [1/4 definitions] |
| mobile |
a telephone that operates using radio signals and therefore requires no wires. A mobile can be taken with one anywhere but may not function if it is too far away from a radio transmitter to receive signals. "Mobile" has the same meaning as "cell phone." [1/3 definitions] |
| personal |
If a president, queen, or other famous person makes a personal visit to someone, they go to see that person themselves. They don't just write a letter or make a phone call to that person, and they don't send someone else instead of going themselves. [1/3 definitions] |