I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dial tone
dialling code
dialling tone
speed dial
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
direct
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All have colour televisions, direct dial telephones and tea and coffee making facilities.
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The team is currently investigating the feasibility of installing direct dial facilities.
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All rooms have central heating, direct dial telephone, television, tea making facilities, hairdryers, trouser press, etc.
■ NOUN
radio
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Somewhere, the gods are madly spinning a cosmic radio dial across nine billion frequencies.
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It reported that drivers' spinning of the radio dial accounted for far more crashes.
speed
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The only controls are a variable speed dial mounted on the top of the trigger, and a small lock-on button.
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How involved am I in the everyday life of speed dial No. 4?
telephone
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All have colour televisions, direct dial telephones and tea and coffee making facilities.
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I still remember the simple, sturdy dial telephones we used to use.
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All rooms have central heating, direct dial telephone , television, tea making facilities, hairdryers, trouser press, etc.
tone
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Previous years were ok once you got the sought after dial tone .
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You should have heard a dial tone , a ringing sound, then burbling tones.
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He lifted it carefully and got no dial tone then saw the plungers were taped down.
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There was a click, but she stood listening to the dial tone , steadied by its urgent drone.
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You should be able to feel the dial tone burr. 2.
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When he called at noon, her answering machine emitted a long series of beeps followed by a dial tone .
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An old Bakelite telephone responds with a crackling dial tone .
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When he tried to call again, he could no longer get a dial tone .
■ VERB
get
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Previous years were ok once you got the sought after dial tone.
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When he tried to call again, he could no longer get a dial tone.
turn
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She is like a mechanical musical doll that will perform a ponderous dance when some one turns the dial .
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He turned some dials on the control deck in front of him.
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And he was in the jacuzzi with her, turning up the dials until the water bubbled furiously around them.
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Without thinking, and out of sheer habit, he turned on the dial of the burner under the kettle.
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At the moment he turned the stove dial , the lights went out.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't touch that dial . Stay tuned to WXRB.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Previous years were ok once you got the sought after dial tone.
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Telephones used to have slower rotary dials.
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We got an error message, indicating there was no dial tone.
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When he tried to call again, he could no longer get a dial tone.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
in
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The park is pretty dialled in with a food shop, skate shop, and the midi ramp.
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He is able to dial in to what we need.
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Normal practice is for your system software / hardware supplier to dial in and control your network from a remote terminal.
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They conveniently forgot to provide Mom with a way to dial in .
just
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Just dial the number next to the topic that interests you, day or night.
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Just dial the number under your choice.
■ NOUN
number
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With fatigue hanging in lead weights from her shoulders, she remembered the telephone number Robert Urquhart had dialled .
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There is no number to dial .
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So fingers poised: The number to dial is 708-0338.
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The same thing happens when I page people and have to punch in the number to dial back.
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The ink in your pen is a prospect, as is the next telephone number you dial - internally or externally.
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You can store numbers into memory and dial them with one button.
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Meredith hunted down Aunt Lou's telephone number and dialled it.
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Impulsively he grabbed the telephone directory, looked up her number and dialled it.
phone
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Rufus picked up the phone and dialled 192.
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But when he picks up the phone and dials her number, there is no answer.
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Culley put the phone down, then dialled Mike Dawson's number.
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Consider what happens when you pick up the phone to dial Aunt Rhoda.
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I picks up the phone and dialled a special number for the fraud squad.
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Very quietly and gently she picked the phone up, and dialled the number of his school.
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I closed Gloria's door behind me, picked up the phone and dialled 999.
receiver
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She picked up the receiver and dialled Tom's number.
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Her mind made up, she picked up the receiver and dialled the number of the separate school.
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She picked up the receiver , dialled Giles Carnaby's number, and then replaced the receiver before the connection was made.
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He lifted the telephone receiver and dialled the number.
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Her hands were shaking when she picked up the receiver and dialled the number of Sabrina's flat.
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Finally he lifted the receiver and dialled .
telephone
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She hesitated by the telephone , then dialled Miguel's home number.
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She went back to the telephone , dialled Sybil's number and waited for the ringing tone.
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Despising herself for her weakness she reached for the telephone , dialling Nick's number.
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He lifted the telephone receiver and dialled the number.
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Laura picked up the bedside telephone and dialled the number.
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As a preliminary, he shot off to the telephone and dialled the Southend Lubianka where the Access bills are processed.
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He rose, walked to the telephone and dialled International Directory Enquiries.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dial 911 - there's been an accident.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Members may choose to dial into local numbers or use an 800 number, making these ideal services for the traveler.
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Moreover, county residents have to dial long-distance to Knoxville to get on-line.
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Romanov dialled a number on his private line and asked to be put through to the Chairman of Gosbank.
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She dialled his home number and left a short message on his answering-machine.
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The customer dialled the publication he wanted, put in his money, and out came the book.
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There is no number to dial .
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Would you like to dial again?