Past tense of dial
regular verb
The past tense of dial is dialed or dialled. The past participle is also dialed or dialled.
Forms of dial
| Base form (V1) | dial /ˈdaɪ.əl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dialed dialled |
| Past participle (V3) | dialed dialled |
| Present participle | dialing |
| Third person singular | dials |
Dialed and dialled in a sentence
- The lead guitarist for the rock band Spinal Tap dialed his amplifier to 11.
- The president has recently dialled down the rhetoric.
- She dialed nervously, praying that Grandma would pick up the phone and everything would turn out OK.From the entry pick up the phone
- He was pushy, but he dialed that in until they found him tolerable.From the entry dial in
- The mechanic dialed in the bicycle before the customer picked it up.From the entry dial it in
Meaning of dial
- noun A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
- noun Such a field as part of a clock face; (metonymic) the entire clock face.
- noun A sundial.
Questions about the past tense of dial
- What is the past tense of dial?
- The past tense of dial is dialed or dialled.
- What is the past participle of dial?
- The past participle of dial is dialed or dialled.
- Is dial a regular or irregular verb?
- Dial is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dial (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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