telephone operator

collocation in English

meaningsoftelephoneandoperator

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telephone
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈtel.ɪ.fəʊn/us
/ˈtel.ə.foʊn/
a ...
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operator
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tər/us
/ˈɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone whose job is to use and control a machine ...
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(Definition oftelephoneandoperatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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After the divorce, she had resumed her job as a hairdresser, but in the last six years of her working life had been atelephoneoperator.
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Similarly, thetelephoneoperatoror directory inquiries will not know the number.
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Outside the 19 affected areas the inlandtelephoneoperatorand telegram services are functioning with little disturbance.
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Think of atelephoneoperatoranswering the telephone.
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He must not be more fussed because he cannot get any response from thetelephoneoperator.
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If silent calls are made with malicious intent, consumers should contact theirtelephoneoperator.
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Of course, thetelephoneoperatorhas no financial interest whatever in overcharging any subscriber.
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Such a man is now employed as atelephoneoperatorand earning a substantial wage.
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Is that person fit to be atelephoneoperator?
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He returned to work as atelephoneoperatorunderground.
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The proposal also involves shutting down manytelephoneoperatorcentres, as a result of which those operating the 999 service will have no local knowledge.
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Yet he has so managed to adjust to his disabilities as to be able to work as atelephoneoperator.
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Was thetelephoneoperatordismissed?
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One obtained a car, with which to run the passengers to the nearest village, and one man acted astelephoneoperator, booking clerk, ticket collector and everything else.
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A recent publication, with all the appearances of considered judgment, suggested that this was a proper time to raise a statue at the public expense to a ladytelephoneoperator.
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Even if a man can earn a full wage as atelephoneoperator, he is still a blinded soldier, and ought to have his compensation as well as his salary.
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Dunstans to act as atelephoneoperator.
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Atelephoneoperatorwho has been employed at a telephone exchange as a learner at £1 a week is being paid 8 a week by the general contractors.
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One can look at the electoral register, or ring up thetelephoneoperator, to get the information, but it seems that 19 or 20 people live here.
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