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Voicemail

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

/ˈvɔɪsmeɪl/nounCore term

In office & administration, voicemail means: A system that records phone messages when the person you call does not answer; also a message recorded in this way.

In Turkish: sesli mesaj, telesekreter

How it is used

You leave a voicemail, check your voicemail, or a call goes to voicemail. A professional voicemail gives your name, company, number (said slowly, twice) and the reason for calling. Your voicemail greeting is the recorded message callers hear first.

Example sentences

  1. I've left a voicemail for the supplier, but they haven't called back yet.

  2. Please update your voicemail greeting before you go on leave.

Common collocations

  • leave a voicemail
  • check your voicemail
  • go to voicemail
  • voicemail greeting
  • 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.
  • call backTo phone someone again, or to return a call from someone who tried to phone you earlier.
  • extensionAn internal phone number connected to a company's main line, which lets callers reach a particular person or desk.
  • out-of-officeAn automatic email reply that tells people you are away, until when, and who to contact instead.

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