Dialing Meaning in English

word · lemma: dial

US

/ˈdaɪəɫɪŋ/, /ˈdaɪɫɪŋ/

DYE-uh-ling

UK

/dˈaɪəl/

DYE-uh-ling

परिभाषा

The act of entering or selecting numbers on a telephone to make a call.

उपयोग और बारीकियां

Mainly used when talking about using a traditional phone keypad or rotary dial. In modern English, 'dialing' is used even for smartphones, but less frequently as touchscreens have mostly replaced keypads. Common phrases: 'dialing a number', 'dialing code', 'misdialing'. Not usually used for entering numbers for non-phone purposes.

• Spanish: marcando (número de teléfono) - discando (Latinoamérica)
• Portuguese (BR): discando - digitando (telefone)
• Portuguese (PT): marcando (número de telefone) - discando
• Chinese (Simplified): 拨号
• Chinese (Traditional): 撥號
• Hindi: डायल करना
• Arabic: طلب الرقم
• Bengali: ডায়াল করা - নম্বর টিপা
• Russian: набор номера
• Japanese: ダイヤルすること
• Vietnamese: quay số
• Korean: 다이얼링 - 번호 누르기
• Turkish: çalmak (telefon numarası) - numara çevirmek
• Urdu: ڈائل کرنا
• Indonesian: menghubungi - memutar nomor

उदाहरण वाक्य

He is dialing his friend's number.

basic

Dialing takes only a few seconds on my phone.

basic

The old telephone uses a rotary for dialing.

basic

I kept dialing but no one answered.

natural

She made a mistake while dialing and called the wrong person.

natural

If you're having trouble dialing, let me help you.

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