n.
1.electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
2.(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
3.electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds phone v.
1.get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
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in the prime of life
in the best and most productive and healthy period of life
The young man was in a terrible car accident and died in the prime of life.