Word.ws English Dictionary

moved the dial

moved the dial is the simple past and past participle of move the dial.

Meaning of move the dial

Verb

move the dial (third-person singular simple present moves the dial, present participle moving the dial, simple past and past participle moved the dial)

  1. To make a measurable difference.
    • The results in Table 5.2 show that changing the size of the firm in the vignette from small, regional, national, or global does not move the dial for trust, therefore not supporting Hypothesis 2a that public trust in business will be affected by the firm's size.2014, Jared D. Harris, Brian Moriarty, Andrew C. Wicks, Public Trust in Business, page 140
    Synonyms:
    move the needle

Questions about moved the dial

What is moved the dial the simple past and past participle of?
Moved the dial is the simple past and past participle of move the dial.

Words near moved the dial in the dictionary

  1. moved out to move up
  2. moved over
  3. moved someone to tears
  4. moved south
  5. moved the deckchairs on the Titanic
  6. moved the dial
  7. moved the goal posts
  8. moved the goalposts
  9. moved the needle
  10. moved the problem
  11. moved the yardsticks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: moved the dial (page history and authors); move the dial (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “moved the dial.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/moved_the_dial. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.