redial

American  

[ree-dahy-uhl, -dahyl, ree-dahy-uhl, -dahyl] / riˈdaɪ əl, -ˈdaɪl, ˈriˌdaɪ əl, -ˌdaɪl /

verb (used with object)

redials, present (3rd person singular) redialed, past participle, past redialled, past participle, past redialing, present participle redialling present participle

1. Also re-dial. to dial again.

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noun

redials plural

1. automatic redial.

redial British  

/ -daɪl, riːˈdaɪəl /

verb

1. to dial (a telephone number) again

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• redials
  plural

Participles

• redialing
  present
• redialling
  present
• redialed
  past
• redialled
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• redial
  simple
• redials
  simple
• have redialed
  perfect
• have redialled
  perfect
• has redialed
  perfect
• has redialled
  perfect
• am redialing
  progressive
• am redialling
  progressive
• are redialing
  progressive
• are redialling
  progressive
• is redialing
  progressive
• is redialling
  progressive
• have been redialing
  perfect progressive
• have been redialling
  perfect progressive
• has been redialing
  perfect progressive
• has been redialling
  perfect progressive

Past

• redialed
  simple
• redialled
  simple
• had redialed
  perfect
• had redialled
  perfect
• was redialing
  progressive
• was redialling
  progressive
• were redialing
  progressive
• were redialling
  progressive
• had been redialing
  perfect progressive
• had been redialling
  perfect progressive

Future

• will redial
  simple
• will have redialed
  perfect
• will have redialled
  perfect
• will be redialing
  progressive
• will be redialling
  progressive
• will have been redialing
  perfect progressive
• will have been redialling
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of redial

First recorded in 1960–65; re- + dial

Example Sentences

Google is also making it easier to redial dropped calls and switch to your mobile network if your Wi-Fi connection was the reason your call failed.

From The Verge • Jul. 28, 2021

I redial repeatedly but cannot get through again.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2017

Lisa Schwartzbaum wrote in Entertainment Weekly: “To redial applicable catchphrases, this garbled American remake … is a wrong number.”

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2017

Rare is the lengthy cellphone call that isn’t dropped at some point, requiring one party or the other to redial.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2016

Periodically she pushed the redial button on Yuko’s phone.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers