dial towards in English

Forms: dial towardses [US, present, singular, third-person], dial towardsses [UK, present, singular, third-person], dial towardsing [US, participle, present], dial towardssing [UK, participle, present], dial towardsed [US, participle, past], dial towardsed [US, past], dial towardssed [UK, participle, past], dial towardssed [UK, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|+l}} dial towards (third-person singular simple present (US) dial towardses or (UK) dial towardsses, present participle (US) dial towardsing or (UK) dial towardssing, simple past and past participle (US) dial towardsed or (UK) dial towardssed)

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dial towardses",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardsses",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardsing",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardssing",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardsed",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardsed",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardssed",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardssed",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+l"
      },
      "expansion": "dial towards (third-person singular simple present (US) dial towardses or (UK) dial towardsses, present participle (US) dial towardsing or (UK) dial towardssing, simple past and past participle (US) dial towardsed or (UK) dial towardssed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"towards\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be oriented towards, to be figuratively moving in the direction of or aiming at a conclusion."
      ],
      "id": "en-dial_towards-en-verb-EJ6qbiYS",
      "links": [
        [
          "oriented",
          "oriented"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be oriented towards, to be figuratively moving in the direction of or aiming at a conclusion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dial towards"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dial towardses",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardsses",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardsing",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardssing",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardsed",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardsed",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardssed",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dial towardssed",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+l"
      },
      "expansion": "dial towards (third-person singular simple present (US) dial towardses or (UK) dial towardsses, present participle (US) dial towardsing or (UK) dial towardssing, simple past and past participle (US) dial towardsed or (UK) dial towardssed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"towards\"",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be oriented towards, to be figuratively moving in the direction of or aiming at a conclusion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oriented",
          "oriented"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be oriented towards, to be figuratively moving in the direction of or aiming at a conclusion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dial towards"
}

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"dial towards" meaning in English

Verb