Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phone ahead

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables
phone a-head
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a phone call at a destination before arriving there to let people there know one is coming and to make suitable arrangements.

Intransitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

phones ahead (present, singular) phoning ahead (participle, present) phoned ahead (participle, past) phoned ahead (past)

Questions

What does phone ahead mean?
To make a phone call at a destination before arriving there to let people there know one is coming and to make suitable arrangements.

How to pronounce phone ahead

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