dial

1. (transitive)To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.

   The lead guitarist for the rock band Spinal Tap dialed his amplifier to 11.

   The president has recently dialled down the rhetoric.

   operate a dial to select a telephone number

2. (transitive)To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a physical dial is present.

   In an emergency dial 999.

   wählen

   набира́тьnabirátʹ, набра́тьnabrátʹ, звони́тьzvonítʹ

3. (intransitive)To use a dial or a telephone.

   Please be careful when dialling.

   choose by means of a dial

4. (transitive)To initiate a connection to a remote computer service such as a database.

   The application failed when attempting to dial the Postgres server, because there were too many open connections.

5. (dated, intransitive)To use a dial-up modem to connect a personal computer to the Internet.

   I always check my guestbook when I dial, just in case anyone saw my Web site.

1. I'm sorry, I dialed the wrong number.

   Перепрошую, я набрав неправильний номер. — deniko

   ruИзвините, я набрал неверный номер. — elsteris

   deEntschuldigen Sie! Ich habe mich verwählt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. I believe you've dialed the wrong number.

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3. Sorry. I must've dialed the wrong number.

   ruИзвините. Я, наверное, ошибся номером. — marafon

   deEntschuldigung! Ich muss mich verwählt haben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. Sorry, I must've dialed the wrong number.

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5. Tom still uses an old dial phone.

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regular · Lesson

• dial upподзвонити, дзвонитиTo telephone, to call on the telephone.
• dial backприменшити, применшуватиTo reduce (one's energy or intensity); to restrain (a feeling or action).
• dial outTo make a call using an outbound line.
• dial inTo configure or set up (particularly a complex machine with many configuration options [especially knobs and dials).
• dial downTo reduce or diminish in effect or intensity.