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answering machine

noun

: a machine that receives telephone calls by playing a recorded message and usually by recording messages from callers

Example Sentences

I haven't spoken to him yet, but he left a message on my answering machine.
Recent Examples on the Web Let people go to the answering machine or leave a note. Ling Ma, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 One of the Janes had an early version of an answering machine that was kept in someone’s closet on a reel-to-reel. Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 14 May 2022 Jurors on Tuesday also heard around 30 messages left on Grinstead’s answering machine by those trying to reach her, including her mother and Heath Dykes, who was romantically involved with her. Alexis Stevens, ajc, 10 May 2022 Customers also have to update their voicemail box setting, like the message on their answering machine. Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2022 Romero shouted on Cloud's motel answering machine at 3 am. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2022 If no one is present, a message can be left on the answering machine. courant.com, 6 Apr. 2022 This music has the disorienting brevity, trashy fidelity and unknowable menace of an obscene message found on an old answering machine tape. Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022 The text message string between the mother and son came after a voicemail was left on the Crumbleys' answering machine. Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of answering machine was in 1924

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