Meaning

1 senses

  1. To typeset by hand.

    handsetting type

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom has a cordless phone with two handsets.

    deTom hat ein schnurloses Telefon mit zwei Handgeräten. — freddy1

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  2. The customer gets the best possible price for his old handset.

    LK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. The handset broke in two.

    58mph · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. It is not recommended to leave phone handsets out of the charger for long periods of time.

    Gulliver · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From hand + set.

From hand + set.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

handsets, handsetting, handset, handset
Base formhandset · to handset
3rd person singularhandsets
Present participlehandsetting
Past simplehandset
Past participlehandset

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhandset
he, she, ithandsets

Past simpleLesson

all personshandset

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave handset
he, she, ithas handset

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill handset

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
handoutB2handprinthandrailB2handsawhandshakeB1handsomeA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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