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Raredialing
The correct spelling is dialing.
How to pronounce dialing
verb
Say it like: Dia-lin-g
The correct spelling is dialing. To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial. For example: "President Trump has recently dialled down the rhetoric."
Usage Examples
“President Trump has recently dialled down the rhetoric.”
“In an emergency dial 999.”
“Please be careful when dialling.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
- 2.To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.
- 3.To use a dial or a telephone.
noun
- 1.The act by which a number is dialed.
- 2.The art of constructing dials; the science of measuring time by dials.
- 3.A method of surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings of the courses, or the angles which they make with each other, are determined by means of the circumferentor; the use of a miner's dial.
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