hotline

CEFRB2

/hˈɑˌtlaɪn/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
A telephone service offering quick help or direct communication.
02
noun
Extra detail
A direct line between two people, especially one between heads of state to be used in an emergency.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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In context

If you've got any problems with the product, ring our hotline.
Tom called the hotline.
[M]any mobile phone companies have nuisance call hotlines, to which you can report a bully's phone number.

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[M]any mobile phone companies have nuisance call hotlines, to which you can report a bully's phone number.
2004 August 11, Catherine Nixey, “Victim support in the playground”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 29 Dec 2015
Suicidal people can have discussions about suicide on pro-life peer-to-peer forums and hotlines without fear of judgment or intervention.
2016 December 11, Jennings Brown, “The sordid history of the first sanctioned suicide forum”, in Daily Dot, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2016
Tim McIntyre, executive vice president of communication for Domino’s, said in an email the company has developed other features to help disabled customers, like voice-activated ordering devices and a hotline that customers with screen-readers can use to report difficulties with the site.
2019 December 22, Abdel Jimenez, “Software can help the blind access the internet, but not every site supports it”, in Chicago Tribune, 172nd year, number 356, section 2 (Business), page 3, column 1
Increasing access to mental health services in remote and rural areas, where suicide rates tend to be higher, is a priority, and the 988 hotline is a useful bridge to those communities, Dr. Crawford said.
2024 December 7, Vjosa Isai, “Canada’s 988 Crisis Hotline, a ‘Pathway to Survival,’ One Year Later”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2024

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