Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dial out
Participle: dialed out; dialled out
Gerund: dialing out; dialling out
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dial out |
| you | dial out |
| he;she;it | dials out |
| we | dial out |
| you | dial out |
| they | dial out |
Perfect
| I | have dialed out; dialled out |
| you | have dialed out; dialled out |
| he;she;it | has dialed out; dialled out |
| we | have dialed out; dialled out |
| you | have dialed out; dialled out |
| they | have dialed out; dialled out |
Past
| I | dialed out; dialled out |
| you | dialed out; dialled out |
| he;she;it | dialed out; dialled out |
| we | dialed out; dialled out |
| you | dialed out; dialled out |
| they | dialed out; dialled out |
Pluperfect
| I | had dialed out; dialled out |
| you | had dialed out; dialled out |
| he;she;it | had dialed out; dialled out |
| we | had dialed out; dialled out |
| you | had dialed out; dialled out |
| they | had dialed out; dialled out |
Future
| I | will dial out |
| you | will dial out |
| he;she;it | will dial out |
| we | will dial out |
| you | will dial out |
| they | will dial out |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dialed out; dialled out |
| you | will have dialed out; dialled out |
| he;she;it | will have dialed out; dialled out |
| we | will have dialed out; dialled out |
| you | will have dialed out; dialled out |
| they | will have dialed out; dialled out |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dial out |
| you | dial out |
| he;she;it | dial out |
| we | dial out |
| you | dial out |
| they | dial out |
Perfect
| I | have dialed out; dialled out |
| you | have dialed out; dialled out |
| he;she;it | have dialed out; dialled out |
| we | have dialed out; dialled out |
| you | have dialed out; dialled out |
| they | have dialed out; dialled out |
Imperfect
| I | dialed out; dialled out |
| you | dialed out; dialled out |
| he;she;it | dialed out; dialled out |
| we | dialed out; dialled out |
| you | dialed out; dialled out |
| they | dialed out; dialled out |
Pluperfect
| I | had dialed out; dialled out |
| you | had dialed out; dialled out |
| he;she;it | had dialed out; dialled out |
| we | had dialed out; dialled out |
| you | had dialed out; dialled out |
| they | had dialed out; dialled out |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dial out |
| you | would dial out |
| he;she;it | would dial out |
| we | would dial out |
| you | would dial out |
| they | would dial out |
Perfect
| I | would have dialed out; dialled out |
| you | would have dialed out; dialled out |
| he;she;it | would have dialed out; dialled out |
| we | would have dialed out; dialled out |
| you | would have dialed out; dialled out |
| they | would have dialed out; dialled out |
Imperative
| you | dial out |
| we | Let's dial out |
| you | dial out |
Verbs conjugated like 'dial'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dial'
deal,
dill,
dirl,
vial,
ail,
beal,
bias,
bill,
birl,
ciel,
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Etymology
The original meaning was 'sundial' and/or 'clock dial'; from Middle English diall, from Middle French dyal, from Latin diālis (“daily, concerning the day”), because of its use in telling the time of day, from Latin diēs (“day”). Compare Spanish dial and día (“day”).
Sample Sentences
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The lead guitarist for the rock band Spinal Tap dialed his amplifier to 11.
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The president has recently dialled down the rhetoric.
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In an emergency dial 999.
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Please be careful when dialling.
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The application failed when attempting to dial the Postgres server, because there were too many open connections.
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I always check my guestbook when I dial, just in case anyone saw my Web site.