Dial and Set

Dial

Dial verb - To make a telephone call to.
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Synonyms for Dial

Set and dial are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a verb "Dial".

Nearby Words: dialed, dialled, dialing, dialling, dialler

Set

Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.

Dial and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dial" instead a verb "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

way dial way set way
speed dial speed set speed
level dial level set level

Both words in one sentence

  • Comic Book / Dial H For Hero Big Applesauce: Averted, the series were set in small towns up until H-E-R-O, and even then only some of the dial's users lived in big cities.
  • Prison Episode Though it isn't set in an actual prison, much of the Doctor Who episode "Heaven Sent" is set in the Doctor's confession dial.
  • Morality Dial In the episode "I Dated a Robot", the army of Lucy Liu -bots are equipped with a dial that allows the user to set her mode to either 'Competent Lawyer', 'Icy Dominatrix or 'Erotic Assassin'.
    Source: Morality Dial
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