dialed or dialled (verb)

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• dial — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dial — [[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… …   English dictionary

• doubling 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… …   Modern English usage

• dial — /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 …  

• dial 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… …   Financial and business terms

• Last-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 …   Wikipedia

• dial — 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.… …   English new terms dictionary

• dial — 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… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bum-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 …  

• pocket-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… …  

• speed-dial — /ˈspid daɪəl/ (say speed duyuhl) adjective 1. of or relating to speed dial. –verb (t) (speed dialled or, especially US, speed dialed, speed dialling or, especially US, speed dialing) 2. to telephone (someone) using a speed dial facility …