redial

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/ɹɪˈdaɪəl//ɹɪˈdaɪl//ˈɹiːdɪəl/

verb

To dial again

OriginEnglish dial ← Middle English diall ← Middle French dya →
Less commonScrabble 7
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Meanings

redial1

verbredial (third-person singular simple present redials, present participle (US) redialing or (UK) redialling, simple past and past participle (US) redialed or (UK) redialled)

present singular third person redials · US participle present redialing · UK participle present redialling · US participle past redialed · US past redialed · UK participle past redialled · UK past redialled

  1. To dial again

redial2

adjectiveredial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or concerning a redia

Origin

redial · verb

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dyew-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dyḗws
  8. Proto-Italic*djous
  9. Latindiēs
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Latindiālis
  13. Middle Frenchdya
  14. Middle Englishdiall
  15. Englishdial
  16. Englishredial

From re- + dial.

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redial · adjective

  1. Englishredia
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishredial

From redia + -al.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with redial

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Anagrams

dialerderailrailedLeridaAdrielDarielDelairearlidlaired
Cite this entry
APA

redial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redial

MLA

“redial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redial.

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