āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to dial
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āĻĄāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to enter a telephone number using a rotary or keypad on a telephone or mobile device in order to make a call
Transitive: to dial a phone number
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In the past, people had to manually dial the numbers on rotary phones.
āĻ
āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻā§ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¤āĨ¤
02
āĻĄāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to turn or adjust a device in order to control or select a setting or function
Transitive: to dial a device or setting
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He dialed the temperature on the oven to 350 degrees for baking.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž 350 āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
01
āĻĄāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛
the face of a clock or watch, marked to indicate hours, minutes, or seconds
02
āĻĄāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛, āĻāĻā§āĻ°
a rotating disc on a telephone used to select numbers
03
āĻĄāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻā§āĻ°
a round control used to adjust settings such as temperature, volume, or fan speed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He adjusted the dial on the radio to find his favorite station.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ, āĻĄāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛
a knob on a radio or television used to select or adjust the desired frequency or channel
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The radio 's dial was used for tuning to different frequencies.
āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
dialer
misdial
redial
dial
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
