dial

/daɪəl/ verb [I or T] (UK -ll-, US -l-)

Definition

› COMMUNICATIONS 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.

(Definition of dial verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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