Definition of Helpline

1. Noun. A telephone (or by extension email, web or SMS) service which offers help to those that call, either as an public emergency service or customer service. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Helpline

1. advice given over the telephone [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helpline

helping
helping-verb
helping behaviour
helping hand
helping hands
helping out
helping profession
helping verb
helping verbs
helpingly
helpings
helpless
helplessly
helplessness
helplessnesses
helpline (current term)
helplines
helply
helpmate
helpmates
helpmeet
helpmeets
helps
helps out
helpsheet
helpsheets
helpsome
helpt
helpworthy
helsinki declaration

Literary usage of Helpline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Smoking Cessation: Clinical Practice Guidelineby Michael C. Fiore by Michael C. Fiore (1996)
"Hotline/helpline. A telephone line dedicated to over-the-phone smoking intervention. A hotline/helpline treatment occurs when a hotline/helpline number is ..."

2. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Final Report edited by Joyce C Laslof, Marguerite Knox, John D Baldeschwieler (1997)
"VA should make its broadcast public service announcements (PSAs) about the toll-free helpline more explicit. The PSAs should include brief explanations of ..."

3. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"Tragically, few adolescents who telephoned the helpline wanted treatment. ... In this survey, we have profiled the typical adolescent helpline caller as a ..."

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