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to redial

to redial

6 2.3
Call the last number you called again
  • verb
  • /ˈriːdaɪl/
: volver a llamar
  • Feeling frustrated, she decided to redial the number and hope for a better connection.
  • redial her number
  • tried to redial
  • keep redialing

So we can always recover and redial and rebirth a new connection.

Examples

  • Just as she was about to redial, David flew past her, barely letting her catch the door.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Desperately lonely, he picked up the phone and redialed.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • - I'll redial this number.

    The Bourne Identity (2002)

  • When I hear your whistle, I shall hang up and redial... ...but the correct number this time.

    Dial M for Murder (1954)

  • - There's gotta be a way to redial.

    I Can Only Imagine (2018)

  • In the background, Fran redials the phone.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • He hung up and redialed.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • She redialed, and he answered halfway through the first ring.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • "Lucas poked the phone's Cancel button, then redialed."

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I redialed the Matthews number, listened again to Patty Kay's voice, so alive, vibrant, and untroubled.

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

to call back
vsto redial
707 2.8

Phone someone who called you earlier

dial the same number again using a phone feature that repeats the last number

Surface Forms

redial infinitive
redialed past
redialed past participle
redialing present participle
redials third person singular

Morphology

redial = dial (transparent) = re + dial

This is a standard and fully compositional use of 're-' meaning 'again' attached to the verb 'dial'.

Etymology

The verb redial comes from re- 'again' and dial 'to choose a phone number', so to redial is simply to call the same number 'again' without typing it.