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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionaryr favorite program //dialed the wrong number
: call sense 1m(1) //dialed the office
: to manipulate a dial
: to make a telephone call or connection
EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryExamples
Noun
- //the dial of a pressure gauge
- //I had to keep adjusting the radio dial to make the station come in clearly.
Verb
- //I'm sorry. I must have dialed the wrong number.
- //dialed 911 and asked for the police
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2Verb
1653, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun
Middle English dyal, from Medieval Latin dialis clock wheel revolving daily, from Latin dies day — more at deitydiaphragm
Definition
- : a body partition of muscle and connective tissuespecifically r favorite program //dialed the wrong number: call sense 1m(1) //dialed the office
- intransitive verb
: to manipulate a dial: to make a telephone call or connection
Examples
Noun
- //the dial of a pressure gauge
- //I had to keep adjusting the radio dial to make the station come in clearly.
Verb
- //I'm sorry. I must have dialed the wrong number.
- //dialed 911 and asked for the police
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2Verb
1653, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun
Middle English dyal, from Medieval Latin dialis clock wheel revolving daily, from Latin dies day — more at deitydiaphragm
Definition
- : a body partition of muscle and connective tissuespecifically r favorite program //dialed the wrong number: call sense 1m(1) //dialed the office
- intransitive verb
: to manipulate a dial: to make a telephone call or connection
Examples
Noun
- //the dial of a pressure gauge
- //I had to keep adjusting the radio dial to make the station come in clearly.
Verb
- //I'm sorry. I must have dialed the wrong number.
- //dialed 911 and asked for the police
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2Verb
1653, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun
Middle English dyal, from Medieval Latin dialis clock wheel revolving daily, from Latin dies day — more at deitydiaphragm
Definition
- : a body partition of muscle and connective tissuespecifically r favorite program //dialed the wrong number: call sense 1m(1) //dialed the office
- intransitive verb
: to manipulate a dial: to make a telephone call or connection
Examples
Noun
- //the dial of a pressure gauge
- //I had to keep adjusting the radio dial to make the station come in clearly.
Verb
- //I'm sorry. I must have dialed the wrong number.
- //dialed 911 and asked for the police
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2Verb
1653, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun
Middle English dyal, from Medieval Latin dialis clock wheel revolving daily, from Latin dies day — more at deitydiaphragm
Definition
- : a body partition of muscle and connective tissuespecifically r favorite program //dialed the wrong number: call sense 1m(1) //dialed the office
- intransitive verb
: to manipulate a dial: to make a telephone call or connection
Examples
Noun
- //the dial of a pressure gauge
- //I had to keep adjusting the radio dial to make the station come in clearly.
Verb
- //I'm sorry. I must have dialed the wrong number.
- //dialed 911 and asked for the police
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2Verb
1653, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun
Middle English dyal, from Medieval Latin dialis clock wheel revolving daily, from Latin dies day — more at deity