"phone-in" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phone-ins [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from phone in. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|phone in}} Deverbal from phone in Head templates: {{en-noun}} phone-in (plural phone-ins)
  1. (broadcasting) A show requiring members of the public to telephone the studio. Categories (topical): Broadcasting, Telephony Translations (show): keskusteluohjelma (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-phone-in-en-noun-CedEnpg~ Disambiguation of Telephony: 60 40 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English deverbals: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 78 22 Topics: broadcasting, media Disambiguation of 'show': 100 0
  2. A protest in which a large number of calls are made to the target.
    Sense id: en-phone-in-en-noun-UgcuC~NP

Inflected forms

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