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autodial

Syllabification: (au·to·di·al)
Pronunciation: /ˈôtōˌdī(ə)l/
Definition of autodial

noun

  • a function of telephonic equipment that allows for automatic dialing of preprogrammed or of randomly selected numbers:have a telephone with autodial by your bed

verb (autodials, autodialing, autodialed ; Britishautodials, autodialling, autodialled)

  • automatically dial a telephone number, with or without human prompting: [no object]:it had autodialed and been online for over 2hours [with object]:if the first number is busy the modem autodials the backup number

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