redials

Tries the number

Redials is the third-person singular form of redial, meaning to dial a phone number again.

The word belongs to an era of rotary and push-button phones: She redials until someone picks up.

Most phones now have a redial button that automatically calls the last number dialed.

technology

telephone

Voice communication device

handset · touchscreen · smartphone · caller-ID · one-touch · cordless · rotary · PBX · switchboard · telecom

reconnection

callback

Follow-up audition invitation

recontact · voicemail · missed-call · unanswered · hold · waiting · queue · persistence · connection

persistence

retry

Attempt something again

perseverance · patience · persistence · follow-through · dedication · resolve · stubbornness · doggedness · insistence · repetition

frustration

voicemail

Recorded caller messages

disconnection · static · repeatedly · obsessively · frantically · desperately · anxiously · urgently

Opposites
call initiation persistence

redialshangs up

Ends a phone call

disconnects · gives up · terminates · cuts off

Phrases
Family

redial, redialed, redialing, redialled, redialling

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G