a telephone service that will inform a caller of the telephone number of a person that they wish to contact
I'll ring directory enquiries.
He dialled directory enquiries.
Examples of 'directory inquiries' in a sentence
directory inquiries
I dialled directory inquiries first to get the number, and then I telephoned Wheezy Wallis.
Matthews, Lew A CONVICTION OF GUILT
You can verify a seller's name and address using directory inquiries at 192.com.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I have now called two bars, which has cost me close to 5, including the calls to directory inquiries.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Having said that, some 118 operators are catching out googlers too by redirecting people looking for a number to a directory inquiries line.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Because, apart from being a directory inquiries operator, there are few other jobs in which tetchiness has become, over the years, such a valuable qualification.