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Office & Administration vocabulary · Phone Calls & Etiquette

caller ID

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, caller ID means: A phone feature that shows the caller’s number or name before you answer, helping staff identify incoming calls.

In Turkish: arayan numara gösterimi

How it is used

Common in reception and office phones. Staff check caller ID before answering, transferring a call, or deciding whether to return it later.

Example sentences

  1. The receptionist checked the caller ID before answering and saw that the supplier was calling from the London office.

    Here, caller ID lets the receptionist identify the source of the call in advance, so she can answer with the right context.

  2. If the caller ID only shows a private number, take a message carefully in case the client calls back later.

    In this sentence, caller ID indicates that no visible number is available, which affects how the employee handles the call.

Common collocations

  • check caller ID
  • caller ID display
  • caller ID shows
  • private caller ID
  • voicemailA system that records phone messages when the person you call does not answer; also a message recorded in this way.
  • take a messageTo write down information from a caller for someone who is not available, such as the caller's name, number and reason for calling.

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