dialed or dialled (verb)
1dial — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dyal, from Medieval Latin dialis clock wheel revolving daily, from Latin dies day more at deity Date: 15th century 1. the face of a sundial 2. obsolete timepiece 3. the graduated face of a timepiece 4. a …
2dial — [[t]da͟ɪ͟əl[/t]] dials, dialling, dialled (in AM, use dialing, dialed) 1) N COUNT A dial is the part of a machine or instrument such as a clock or watch which shows you the time or a measurement that has been recorded. The luminous dial on the… …
3doubling of final consonants in inflection — The table below explains the differing practice in English shown by the forms hotter, enrolled, offered, targeted, in which the root word (hot, enrol, offer, target) ends in a single consonant. Practice can also differ with the same word in BrE… …
4dial — /ˈdaɪəl / (say duyuhl) noun 1. a face upon which time is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows. 2. a plate or disc with graduations or figures, as for the indication of pressure, number of revolutions, etc., as by the movements of a pointer. 3 …
5dial up — UK US dial up Phrasal Verb with dial({{}}/daɪəl/ verb [I or T] (UK ll , US l ) ► [I or T] COMMUNICATIONS to call a telephone number: »I dialled up the answering service and found two messages. »Someone had found his office number on an internet… …
6Last-call return — Last Call Return, commonly called Call Return, is a telephone feature code offered by telephone service providers to give a called party the time and telephone number of the last received call, and may also offer the facility to place a call back …
7dial — noun 1》 a disc marked to show the time on a clock or indicate a reading or measurement by means of a pointer. ↘a disc with numbered holes on a telephone, turned to make a call. ↘a disc turned to select a setting on a radio, cooker, etc.… …
8dial — 1 noun (C) 1 the part of a machine or piece of equipment such as a watch, that is usually covered in glass and shows the time or a measurement: She looked at the dial to check her speed. 2 the wheel on a telephone with numbered holes for your… …
9bum-dial — /ˈbʌm daɪəl/ (say bum duyuhl) verb (i) (bum dialled or, especially US, bum dialed, bum dialling or, especially US, bum dialing) Colloquial to pocket dial from a back trouser pocket. –bum dialling, noun …
10pocket-dial — /ˈpɒkət daɪəl/ (say pokuht duyuhl) verb (i) (pocket dialled or, especially US, pocket dialed, pocket dialling or, especially US, pocket dialing) to make an unintended call from a mobile phone by accidentally activating the speed dial function… …
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