direct-dial

or di·rect di·al

[dih-rekt-dahy-uh l, -dahyl, dahy-]

verb (used with or without object)

to make a telephone call outside the local area without the assistance of an operator.

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adjective

being a telephone or telephone system enabling long-distance calls to be direct-dialed.
of or relating to direct dialing.

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Examples from the Web for direct-dial

Contemporary Examples

The Queen sent her first email at an RAF base in 1976 and she made the first direct-dial trunk call from the UK in 1958.
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Tom Sykes
October 24, 2014

Historical Examples

Malone, realizing that with direct-dial phones Boyd had no idea where he was actually calling from, kept wisely quiet.
Occasion for Disaster
Gordon Randall Garrett