"hotline" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-hotline.ogg Forms: hotlines [plural]
Etymology: From hot + line. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hot|line}} hot + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} hotline (plural hotlines)
  1. A telephone line that is always staffed and able to give immediate assistance. Categories (topical): Telephony Translations (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance): خَطّ سَاخِن (ḵaṭṭ sāḵin) [masculine] (Arabic), qaynar xətt (Azerbaijani), гара́чая лі́нія (haráčaja línija) [feminine] (Belarusian), 熱線 (Chinese Mandarin), 热线 (rèxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), päivystysnumero (Finnish), palvelunumero (Finnish), assistance téléphonique (French), Hotline [feminine] (German), ホットライン (hottorain) (Japanese), жедел желі (jedel jelı) (Kazakh), 핫라인 (hannain) (Korean), infolinia [feminine] (Polish), горя́чая ли́ния (gorjáčaja línija) [feminine] (Russian), línea directa [feminine] (Spanish), heta linjen [common-gender] (Swedish), гаря́ча лі́нія (harjáča línija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), đường dây nóng (Vietnamese), đường dây khẩn cấp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-hotline-en-noun-TP-I23lz Disambiguation of Telephony: 49 30 22 Disambiguation of 'telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance': 72 28
  2. A direct line between two people, especially one between heads of state to be used in an emergency. Translations (direct line between two people): 熱線 (Chinese Mandarin), 热线 (rèxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), kuuma linja (Finnish), téléphone rouge (French), ホットライン (hottorain) (Japanese), 핫라인 (hannain) (Korean), горя́чая ли́ния (gorjáčaja línija) [feminine] (Russian), пряма́я ли́ния (prjamája línija) [feminine] (Russian), đường dây nóng (Vietnamese), đường dây khẩn cấp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-hotline-en-noun-qt5LOLnd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 95 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 87 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 92 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 95 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 85 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 88 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 90 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 87 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 7 85 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 90 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 90 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of 'direct line between two people': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hot line Derived forms: crisis hotline

Verb

Audio: En-us-hotline.ogg Forms: hotlines [present, singular, third-person], hotlining [participle, present], hotlined [participle, past], hotlined [past]
Etymology: From hot + line. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hot|line}} hot + line Head templates: {{en-verb}} hotline (third-person singular simple present hotlines, present participle hotlining, simple past and past participle hotlined)
  1. To communicate over a telephone hotline.
    Sense id: en-hotline-en-verb-uI6UNI3I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hot line

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гара́чая лі́нія"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "word": "熱線"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rèxiàn",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "word": "热线"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "word": "päivystysnumero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "word": "palvelunumero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "word": "assistance téléphonique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hotline"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hottorain",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "word": "ホットライン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jedel jelı",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "word": "жедел желі"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hannain",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "word": "핫라인"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "infolinia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gorjáčaja línija",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "горя́чая ли́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "línea directa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "heta linjen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "harjáča línija",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гаря́ча лі́нія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "word": "đường dây nóng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance",
      "word": "đường dây khẩn cấp"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "direct line between two people",
      "word": "熱線"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rèxiàn",
      "sense": "direct line between two people",
      "word": "热线"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "direct line between two people",
      "word": "kuuma linja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "direct line between two people",
      "word": "téléphone rouge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hottorain",
      "sense": "direct line between two people",
      "word": "ホットライン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hannain",
      "sense": "direct line between two people",
      "word": "핫라인"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gorjáčaja línija",
      "sense": "direct line between two people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "горя́чая ли́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prjamája línija",
      "sense": "direct line between two people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пряма́я ли́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "direct line between two people",
      "word": "đường dây nóng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "direct line between two people",
      "word": "đường dây khẩn cấp"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hotline"
  ],
  "word": "hotline"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From hot + line.",
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    {
      "form": "hotlines",
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    },
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      "form": "hotlining",
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    },
    {
      "form": "hotlined",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "hotlined",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To communicate over a telephone hotline."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "hot line"
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  "word": "hotline"
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