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misdialling

misdialling is the present participle and gerund of misdial.

Meaning of misdial

Verb

misdial (third-person singular simple present misdials, present participle (US) misdialing or (UK) misdialling, simple past and past participle (US) misdialed or (UK) misdialled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To dial or use a keypad incorrectly, especially on a telephone.
    • I misdialled her number and got through to a stranger.

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Questions about misdialling

What is misdialling the present participle and gerund of?
Misdialling is the present participle and gerund of misdial.

Words near misdialling in the dictionary

  1. misdial
  2. misdialed
  3. misdialing
  4. misdialings
  5. misdialled
  6. misdialling
  7. misdials
  8. misdictate
  9. misdictated
  10. misdictates
  11. misdictating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misdialling (page history and authors); misdial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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