Definition: 1. The face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours. 2. The control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning. 3. The circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments. 4. A disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called. 5. Operate a dial to select a telephone number. 6. Choose by means of a dial.
Use 'dial' in a sentence:
1. Just dial zero.
2. Subscribers dial directly from their computers into the BBS host computer.
3. A series of levers joined to a pointer shows pressure on a dial.
4. I started to dial but then hung up.
5. I can't get a dial tone on this phone.
6. Dial and ask for the phone number of that firm.
7. I dialled Elizabeth's number thinking I might catch her before she left for work.
8. Broadband is still more expensive than dial-up services.
9. Sue, who was born in the United States to immigrant parents, wants her peers to dial it back.
10. Sorry, I must have dialled the wrong number.
11. Who's at the top of your speed-dial list?
12. "Don't touch that dial!" I shouted, "I wanted to find out how the mystery turns out!"
13. This phone is out of whack. You can't dial out.
14. The heat dial was set at 150 degrees.
15. She took up the receiver and began to dial the number.
16. She picked up the phone, and began to dial Maurice Campbell's number.
17. Dial get online to say, begin since thenceforth faddish.
18. The needle on the dial went right round to fifty feet, which was as far as it could go, and there it stuck.
19. At the center of the dial is a piece of smoky glass.
20. Dial, then stretch.
21. Oh, Did I dial 83754?
22. The dial records very slight variations in pressure.
23. She picked up the phone, and began to dial Maurice's number.
24. The typical laborer now sits in front of a bank of dials.
25. The luminous dial on the clock showed five minutes to seven.
26. The dials of most barometers are inscribed with weather terms.
27. I've dialled the number so many times I know it by heart.
28. He lifted the phone and dialled her number.
29. The right point for the dial is likely to change as circumstances change.
30. He dialled, and spoke briefly to the duty officer.
31. She picked up the receiver and started to dial.
32. It worked contrariwise ─ first you dialled the number, then you put the money in.
33. He dialled the operator and put in a call for Rome.
34. He dialled directory enquiries.
35. I'm going to dial the number.
36. What number should I dial for information?
37. The driver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his destination into the system.
38. Can I dial direct?
39. Swipe your card through the phone, then dial.
40. Dial 0033 for France.
41. If fire happens, you should leave and dial 911 for the fire department.
42. What number should I dial to get the manager?
43. Sarah sat down and dialled a number.
44. Watch how the needle on the dial oscillates.
45. She kept looking at the dial on the boiler. The needle had reached 250 degrees.
46. The needle on the dial went right around to fifty feet, which was as far as it could go, and there it stuck.
47. The needle jumped across the dial.
48. All our rooms have direct dialling telephones.
49. He dialled the number and waited.
50. All I get is a busy signal when I dial his number.
51. He turned the dial on the radio.
52. I prised off the metal rim surrounding one of the dials.
53. To call the police, an ambulance or the fire brigade dial 999 and the operator will connect you.
