ex-directory

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ex-directory

adj

(Telecommunications) chiefly Brit not listed in a telephone directory, by request, and not disclosed to inquirers. US and Canadian term: unlisted

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ex-di•rec•to•ry

(ˌɛks dɪˈrɛk tə ri, -tri, -daɪ-)

adj.

Brit. (of a telephone number) unlisted in a telephone directory.

[1935–40]

ex-directory

(phone number) unlisted

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Adj.

ex-directory - (of telephone numbers) not listed in the telephone directory; "an ex-directory number" (British usage)

unlisted - not on a list; "an unlisted telephone number"

Translations

ex-directory

[ˌeksdɪˈrektərɪ] (Brit) ADJ the number is ex-directory → el número no figura en la guía
they are ex-directory → su número no figura en la guía
he had to go ex-directory → tuvo que pedir que su número no figurara en la guía

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ex-directory

adj (Brit) to be ex-directory → nicht im Telefonbuch stehen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ex-directory

[ˌɛksdɪˈrɛktərɪ] adj (Brit) → fuori elenco
to go ex-directory → non avere il numero di telefono sull'elenco
ex-directory (phone) number → numero (telefonico) fuori elenco

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