Betekenis van dial In het Nederlands

• 0 to operate a phone or make a phone call to someone by choosing a particular series of numbers on the phone:

  • Can I dial this number direct, or do I have to go through the operator?

  • Dial 0 for the switchboard.

• 1 the part of a machine or device that shows you a measurement of something such as speed or time:

  • Can you read what it says on the dial?

  • The dial of/on his watch had a picture of Mickey Mouse on it.

  • You turn this dial to find a different radio station.

• 2 the disc with numbers on old-fashioned phones that you turn when you make a call

• 3 to make a telephone call by pressing the buttons or turning the disk on a telephone to be connected to a particular number:

  • [ T ] What number did you dial?

• 4 the part of a machine or device that shows a measurement, such as of speed or time, often a numbered circle with a moving pointer (= long narrow part with a point)

  • Turn the dial of the radio and get some music.

• 5 to make a phone call by pressing a series of buttons with numbers, or moving a disc with numbers, on the phone:

  • If you have the extension number you can dial any member of staff direct.

  • Dial 9 for an outside line.