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noun Download 🔗Share A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called. Examples : "Before smartphones, people used dials on rotary phones to call their friends. " communication technology electronics device machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial. Examples : "President Trump has recently dialled down the rhetoric." technology machine electronics communication device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone. Examples : "In an emergency dial 999." communication technology electronics device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To use a dial or a telephone. Examples : "Please be careful when dialling." communication technology electronics device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading