phone user
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphoneanduser
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phone
noun
uk/fəʊn/us/foʊn/
a device that uses either a system of wires along which electrical signals are sent or a system of radio signals to make it possible for you to speak to someone in another place who has a ...
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user
noun[C]
uk/ˈjuː.zər/us/ˈjuː.zɚ/
someone who uses a product, machine, ...
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(Definition ofphoneanduserfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofphone user
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The police believe that there is enough legislation for them to deal with mobile phone users who flagrantly disobey the law.
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We are told that there will be 1 billion mobile phone users within two years—how many mobile phone masts will there be within that period?
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If the charges for frequent phone users go down, the prices for infrequent phone users must go up.
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The motives or primary purposes of thephoneuserare clearly irrelevant to the issue of their responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Already vowels used by thephoneusercan be identified and now they are concentrating on discerning consonants.
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The mobilephoneuserin his example violates a principle of nonmaleficence.
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To make or receive a call thephoneusermerely touches the forefinger to the thumb and then puts their forefinger in their ear, the report tells us.
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That information can identify the location of a mobilephoneuserto within some 50 yd, and a great deal more.
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Most mobile devices use a set of bars of increasing height to display the approximate strength of the received signal to the mobilephoneuser.
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In a pre-paid plan, the cellphoneuserpays for the minutes before using them.
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This allows one mobilephoneuserto view video from another user's camera through the mobile phone in real time.
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The movements of a mobilephoneusercan be tracked by their service provider and, if desired, by law enforcement agencies and their government.
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Latitude allowed a mobilephoneuserto allow certain people to view their current location.
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There is no compulsion on a prepaid mobilephoneuserto top up their balance.
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However, text messaging was faster, more familiar to phone users as an interactive device, and easier to integrate into the system.
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This includes talking with phone users, sharing mobile phones, observing negotiations for lending mobiles, recording object histories of mobiles and so on.
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The new behaviour conventions of mobile phone users can thus also impact on the lives of their fellow citizens who might not be so enthusiastic about the new electronics.
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Over this period, residential phone users have benefited from significant reductions in the real price of individual services, and innovative improvements in quality.
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