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mis·di·al

 (mĭs-dī′əl, -dīl′)
tr. & intr.v. mis·di·aled, mis·di·al·ing, mis·di·als or mis·di·alled or mis·di·al·ling
To dial or be dialed incorrectly.

mis′di′al n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

misdial

(ˈmɪsˌdaɪəl)
n
the act of dialling a telephone number incorrectly
vb, -dials, -dialling or -dialled, -dials, -dialing or -dialed
to dial (a telephone number) incorrectly
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misdial


Past participle: misdialled
Gerund: misdialling

Imperative
misdial
misdial
Present
I misdial
you misdial
he/she/it misdials
we misdial
you misdial
they misdial
Preterite
I misdialled
you misdialled
he/she/it misdialled
we misdialled
you misdialled
they misdialled
Present Continuous
I am misdialling
you are misdialling
he/she/it is misdialling
we are misdialling
you are misdialling
they are misdialling
Present Perfect
I have misdialled
you have misdialled
he/she/it has misdialled
we have misdialled
you have misdialled
they have misdialled
Past Continuous
I was misdialling
you were misdialling
he/she/it was misdialling
we were misdialling
you were misdialling
they were misdialling
Past Perfect
I had misdialled
you had misdialled
he/she/it had misdialled
we had misdialled
you had misdialled
they had misdialled
Future
I will misdial
you will misdial
he/she/it will misdial
we will misdial
you will misdial
they will misdial
Future Perfect
I will have misdialled
you will have misdialled
he/she/it will have misdialled
we will have misdialled
you will have misdialled
they will have misdialled
Future Continuous
I will be misdialling
you will be misdialling
he/she/it will be misdialling
we will be misdialling
you will be misdialling
they will be misdialling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been misdialling
you have been misdialling
he/she/it has been misdialling
we have been misdialling
you have been misdialling
they have been misdialling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been misdialling
you will have been misdialling
he/she/it will have been misdialling
we will have been misdialling
you will have been misdialling
they will have been misdialling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been misdialling
you had been misdialling
he/she/it had been misdialling
we had been misdialling
you had been misdialling
they had been misdialling
Conditional
I would misdial
you would misdial
he/she/it would misdial
we would misdial
you would misdial
they would misdial
Past Conditional
I would have misdialled
you would have misdialled
he/she/it would have misdialled
we would have misdialled
you would have misdialled
they would have misdialled
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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misdial

vti (Telec) to misdial (the number)sich verwählen
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