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dialer

dialer

3 3.6
A device or app that lets you call numbers from a phone
  • noun
  • /ˈdaɪlər/
  • US
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  • To set up the conference call, she opened her phone's dialer and entered the number provided.
  • an auto-dialer
  • a telephone dialer
  • an automatic dialer

Then I would spend, you know, the rest of the money on a dialer and on a text messaging campaign.

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Examples

  • All you need to do is go into your dialer here, and from there you want to type in Star Pound.

  • An auto-dialer message will be utilized for the announcement as well.

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  • All I need is a dialer.

  • Then I would spend, you know, the rest of the money on a dialer and on a text messaging campaign.

  • The problem appears to be the Android dialer itself.

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  • OK, same skill, same number of hours, and same automated dialer to maximize talk time.

  • Great job, Dotster. I just finished making calls to NC through the predictive dialer.

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  • However, the dialers in phones also support specialized strings of characters that can do anything from displaying a phone's IMEI code to wiping the device itself.

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  • Websites are able to link characters with a special prefix in order to pass digits to the dialer in a phone—the same functionality that allows you to initiate a phone call from a site, for example.

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  • The telemarketer used an automatic dialer to contact hundreds of potential customers each day.

Synonyms

autodialer
vsdialer
  • Specialized
2 6.4

A device or computer program that calls many phone numbers automatically for reminders and sales

also handles single or manual calls and not only automated mass calls
autodial
vsdialer
  • Specialized
6.0

A machine or program that calls phone numbers automatically

works either automatically or with manual input and control

How Automatic

autodialer
  • Specialized
2 6.4
dialer
  • US
3 3.6
telephone dial
  • Archaic
6.4

Surface Forms

dialer singular
dialers plural

Morphology

dialer = dial (transparent) = dial + er

Standard agent/instrument noun formed from the verb 'dial' with the productive suffix '-er', so the meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Dialer comes from the word dial, which first meant the round face on a clock or a 'sundial' that shows the hours of the 'day'. Because early phones used a round, numbered plate like a clock face, a dialer became the tool or app that 'dials' numbers to make a call.