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Dial
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Dial has 4 senses
- dial(n = noun.artifact) Array - the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours; Array is a kind of face
- dial(n = noun.artifact) Array - the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning; Array is a kind of control, controller
- dial(n = noun.artifact) Array - the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments; Array is a kind of indicator
- dial(n = noun.artifact) telephone dial - a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called; Array is a part of dial phone, dial telephone
is a part of horologe, timekeeper, timepiece
has parts: finger hole
is a kind of selector, selector switch
Derived forms verb dial2, verb dial1
Verb Dial has 2 senses
- dial(v = verb.communication) Array - operate a dial to select a telephone number; "You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial" is one way to control, operate
- dial(v = verb.cognition) Array - choose by means of a dial; "dial a telephone number" is one way to choose, pick out, select, take
Derived form noun dial4
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Derived form noun dial4
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Dial, n. & v.
--n.
1 the face of a clock or watch, marked to show the hours etc.
2 a similar flat plate marked with a scale for measuring weight, volume, pressure, consumption, etc., indicated by a pointer.
3 a movable disc on a telephone, with finger-holes and numbers for making a connection.
4 a a plate or disc etc. on a radio or television set for selecting wavelength or channel. b a similar selecting device on other equipment, e.g. a washing machine.
5 Brit. sl. a person's face.
--v. (dialled, dialling; US dialed, dialing)
1 tr. (also absol.) select (a telephone number) by means of a dial or set of buttons (dialled 999).
2 tr. measure, indicate, or regulate by means of a dial.
--n.
1 the face of a clock or watch, marked to show the hours etc.
2 a similar flat plate marked with a scale for measuring weight, volume, pressure, consumption, etc., indicated by a pointer.
3 a movable disc on a telephone, with finger-holes and numbers for making a connection.
4 a a plate or disc etc. on a radio or television set for selecting wavelength or channel. b a similar selecting device on other equipment, e.g. a washing machine.
5 Brit. sl. a person's face.
--v. (dialled, dialling; US dialed, dialing)
1 tr. (also absol.) select (a telephone number) by means of a dial or set of buttons (dialled 999).
2 tr. measure, indicate, or regulate by means of a dial.
Idiom
dialling code a sequence of numbers dialled to connect a telephone with the exchange of the telephone being called. dialling tone (US dial tone) a sound indicating that a caller may start to dial.
Derivative
dialler n.
Etymology
ME, = sundial, f. med.L diale clock-dial ult. f. L dies day
THESAURUS
Dial
appraise, appreciate, assay, assess, buzz, calculate, calibrate, caliper, call, call up, check a parameter, compute, countenance, divide, estimate, evaluate, face, fathom, features, gauge, give a ring, graduate, hang up, hold the phone, kisser, listen in, make a call, map, measure, mensurate, mete, meter, mug, pace, pan, phiz, phone, plumb, prize, probe, puss, quantify, quantize, rate, ring, ring off, ring up, size, size up, sound, span, step, survey, take a reading, telephone, triangulate, valuate, value, visage, weighROGET THESAURUS
Dial
Chronometry
N chronometry, horometry, horology, date, epoch, style, era, almanac, calendar, ephemeris, register, registry, chronicle, annals, journal, diary, chronogram, clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio, watch, wristwatch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch, atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock, chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph, repeater, timekeeper, timepiece, dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra, ghurry, chronographer, chronologer, chronologist, timekeeper, annalist, calendar year, leap year, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year, chronological, chronometrical, chronogrammatical, cinquecento, quattrocento, trecento, o'clock.
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