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PRONUNCIATION OF DIRECTORY INQUIRIES

directory inquiries  [dɪˈrektərɪ ɪnˈkwaɪərɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIRECTORY INQUIRIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Directory inquiries is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIRECTORY INQUIRIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

directory inquiries

Directory assistance

In telecommunications, directory assistance or directory enquiries is a phone service used to find out a specific telephone number and/or address of a residence, business, or government entity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIRECTORY INQUIRIES


boundaries
ˈbaʊndərɪz
dearies
ˈdɪərɪz
diaries
ˈdaɪərɪz
dundrearies
dʌnˈdrɪərɪz
fiduciaries
fɪˈdjuːʃɪərɪz
friaries
ˈfraɪərɪz
furrieries
ˈfʌrɪərɪz
intermediaries
ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪərɪz
judiciaries
dʒuːˈdɪʃɪərɪz
laniaries
ˈlænɪərɪz
memories
ˈmemərɪz
ostiaries
ˈɒstɪərɪz
priories
ˈpraɪərɪz
queries
ˈkwɪərɪz
subseries
ˈsʌbˌsɪərɪz
subsidiaries
səbˈsɪdɪərɪz
territories
ˈterətərɪz
topiaries
ˈtəʊpɪərɪz
varies
ˈveərɪz
vespiaries
ˈvespɪərɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIRECTORY INQUIRIES

director
director general
director of admissions
Director of Education
director of music
Director of Public Prosecutions
director of studies
director-general
director´s chair
director´s cut
directorate
directorial
directorially
directories
directorship
directory
directory assistance
directory enquiries
directress
directrice

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIRECTORY INQUIRIES

A series
accessories
away with the fairies
batteries
categories
countries
dairies
directory enquiries
entries
expiries
fairies
galleries
histories
industries
inquiries
libraries
passenger enquiries
series
stories
tries

Synonyms and antonyms of directory inquiries in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «directory inquiries» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIRECTORY INQUIRIES

Find out the translation of directory inquiries to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of directory inquiries from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «directory inquiries» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

目录查询
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

información telefónica
570 millions of speakers

English

directory inquiries
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निर्देशिका पूछताछ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استعلامات الدليل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Справочная служба
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

informações de listas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডিরেক্টরি অনুসন্ধান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

renseignements téléphoniques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pertanyaan direktori
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Auskunfts
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

電話番号案内
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

안내 서비스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inquiries direktori
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

yêu cầu thư mục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடைவு விசாரணைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्देशिका चौकशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Rehber soruları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

consultazione elenchi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

informacja telefoniczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Довідкова служба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de informații telefonice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τηλεφωνικού καταλόγου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Gids navrae
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nummerupplysning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nummeropplysning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of directory inquiries

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRECTORY INQUIRIES»

The term «directory inquiries» is used very little and occupies the 156.861 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRECTORY INQUIRIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «directory inquiries» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «directory inquiries» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about directory inquiries

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIRECTORY INQUIRIES»

Discover the use of directory inquiries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to directory inquiries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Human Language Technologies – The Baltic Perspective: ...
The EDiC contains more than 500 directory inquiries. For this study, we have occasionally chosen 50 directory inquiries (consisting of 1131 utterances, 6134 words, 1202 dialogue act tags). The Workbench of Estonian Dialogues [13] was used ...
A. Tavast, K. Muischnek, M. Koit, 2012
2
Advances in Natural Language Processing: 5th International ...
The verb semantics determines whether a verb can occur in a request. Formulas are used in certain situations: – palun/paluks 'I ask/would ask', ̈oelge 'tell', sooviks 'I'd wish, I'd like to' in directory inquiries – palun 'I ask', sooviks 'I'd wish, I'd  ...
Tapio Salakoski, 2006
3
New Scientist
Most of the experts in Geneva Directory inquiries The French Post Office has ambitious plans to install up to 34 million "electronic telephone directories" by 1992. But the plans may hit a snag according to manufacturers offering rival systems.
4
Lonely Planet Discover Spain
EnglishspeakingSpanish international operator : 1008(forcallswithin Europe) or 1005 (rest of the world) International directory inquiries : 11825 (A call to this numbercosts€2!) National directory inquiries : 11818 Operator for calls within Spain ...
Lonely Planet, Stuart Butler, Anthony Ham, 2011
5
Bulgaria. Ediz. Inglese
International directory inquiries (%124) International operator (%0123) National directory inquiries – businesses (%144) National directory inquiries – residential (%145) National operator (%121) Mobile Phones Mobile (cell) phones have ...
‎2008
6
Medical Technology Assessment Directory:: A Pilot Reference ...
The National Advisory Council is described in another section of this Directory. Inquiries about NCHSR/HCTA and its programs may be directed to the NCHSR/ HCTA Publications and Information Branch, 301-443-4100. NCHSR/HCTA ...
Council on Health Care Technology, Institute of Medicine, 1988
7
Iceland
The telephone directory and Yellow Pages are in Icelandic, but directory- inquiries operators usually speak English. Telephone directories are alphabetised by first name, so Guðrun Halldórsdóttir would be listed before Jón Einarsson. There's ...
Fran Parnell, Etain O'Carroll, 2007
8
Czech & Slovak Republics
For directory inquiries dial §§ 1180; international directory inquiries call §11181. To make direct-dial international calls from within the Czech Republic, dial 00, the country code and the phone number. MOBILE PHONES The Czech Republic is ...
Lisa Dunford, Brett Atkinson, Neil Wilson, 2007
9
OECD Communications Outlook 2005
Flat-rate mobile data plans will further increase the movement from voice to data for directory inquiries. Operators such as Eurotel in the Czech Republic offer unlimited GPRS use for roughly USD 28 per month, pushing the incremental cost of ...
OECD, 2005
10
Medical Technology Assessment Directory: A Pilot Reference ...
... described in another section of this Directory. Inquiries about NCHSR/HCTA and its programs may be directed to the NCHSR/ HCTA Publications and Information Branch, 301-443-4100. NCHSR/HCTA research reports are available for sale ...
Clifford Goodman, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIRECTORY INQUIRIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term directory inquiries is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Are phone companies adding phantom calls to your bills?
... the consumer lobby group, that he found a charge of £5 against a purported call to 118500, a directory inquiries number. He said neither he ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
'I lost £176000 to fake Ferrari share fraudsters'
You might want to check the details on the firm's website, with directory inquiries or Companies House. • How I lost £1.5m in a fraudulent ... «Yahoo Finance UK, May 15»
3
Thief had my life in his hands
Other websites, such as directory inquiries, revealed my telephone number, while the electoral roll showed who else I live with. “Social media is ... «The Sunday Times, May 15»
4
Andrew Palmer on "Smart Money"
Previous. New film: Mad Max: Fury Road: Madder, badder and more dangerous to know. Next. Q&A: Olivier Assayas: Directory inquiries ... «The Economist, May 15»
5
One man's quest to meld Adam Smith and Marx – by creating an …
... were still thinking in terms of “the old listings model of search, essentially an online directory inquiries – a list of potential employers to call”. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
6
Businesses embracing BYOD face a potential pornography problem
... usage of call types that are outside the inclusive call bundle such as 118 directory inquiries, premium rate services and international dialing. «BetaNews, Mar 15»
7
How one call to directory inquiries cost me £137!
A very apologetic lady explained that I had called 'the wrong directory inquiries number'. Maybe I'm naive, but I hadn't been aware that there ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
8
What lies beneath the hidden depths of the internet
You could get lucky punching in numbers, but if you contact Google — just like if you contact directory inquiries — then you won't get into those ... «Irish Examiner, Feb 15»
9
Hallelujah! And the children of Vodafone did walk again in the light!
This is typical, I thought. I'm ringing to complain about them charging me £137.08 for one phone call to directory inquiries and I can't even hear ... «Spectator.co.uk, Feb 15»
10
These People Are Livestreaming Their Own Living Rooms to Other …
... live stream, use facial recognition to discover the identity of the broadcaster, and then use online directory inquiries to discover their address. «VICE, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Directory inquiries [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/directory-inquiries>. May 2024 ».
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