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Business English vocabulary · Phone and Video Calls

Dial a number

Meaning in business english, with examples

phraseCore term

In business english, dial a number means: To enter or press a phone number on a device in order to call a person, company, or service.

In Turkish: numara çevirmek

How it is used

Used for phone calls on mobile phones, desk phones, or landlines. Common with direct numbers, extensions, country codes, and conference lines.

Example sentences

  1. Before you dial the number, check the country code on the contact sheet so the call reaches our Singapore office.

    Here, dial the number refers to entering the full phone details correctly, including the code needed for an international call.

  2. She dialed the support number from the invoice, but the automated menu sent her to billing instead of technical help.

    In this sentence, dialed the support number simply means she initiated a call by entering the listed phone number.

Common collocations

  • dial a number directly
  • dial the extension number
  • dial an international number
  • conference callA phone or online call in which three or more people in different places talk together at the same time.
  • put throughTo connect a caller to the person or department they want to speak to, usually done by a receptionist or switchboard.

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