: a telephone service that allows a subscriber to identify the telephone number of a caller before answering the call
called also caller identification
Examples of caller ID in a Sentence
a phone system with caller ID
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Fraudsters may use spoof caller IDs to appear as legitimate government agents and send fake documents to pressure individuals into providing personal information or money.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Carriers, their suppliers, industry organizations and regulators have spent the past several years creating and implementing an industry-standard framework—STIR/SHAKEN—that enables carriers to cryptographically sign and verify caller ID information.
—Peter Ford, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Fraudsters use caller ID spoofing to make their fake calls seem legitimate.
—PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025
If passed, Missouri would become one of the first states to grant private citizens the right to sue over caller ID spoofing.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Carriers, their suppliers, industry organizations and regulators have spent the past several years creating and implementing an industry-standard framework—STIR/SHAKEN—that enables carriers to cryptographically sign and verify caller ID information.
—Peter Ford, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Fraudsters use caller ID spoofing to make their fake calls seem legitimate.
—PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025
If passed, Missouri would become one of the first states to grant private citizens the right to sue over caller ID spoofing.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Caller ID.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caller%20ID. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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caller ID
noun
: a telephone service that identifies the phone number of a caller
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