āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to call
01
āĻĄāĻžāĻ, āĻĢā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to telephone a place or person
Dialect
American
AmericanTransitive: to call sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Can you call the restaurant and make a reservation for us?
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨?
02
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to give a name or title to someone or something
Complex Transitive: to call sb/sth a name
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She ca n't remember what the restaurant we went to last week was called.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž āĻšāĻ¤āĨ¤
2.1
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to describe or address someone or something in a particular way
Complex Transitive: to call sb/sth sth | to call sb/sth [adj]
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He calls himself a fitness enthusiast because he loves working out.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻšā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻāĻ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
2.2
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to address or refer to someone or something using a particular name or title
Complex Transitive: to call sb a name or title | to call sb by a name or title
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Do n't forget to call me ' Aunt Sarah' when you introduce me to your friends.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ 'āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻš' āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
03
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to attract someone's attention by shouting or saying something loudly
Transitive: to call sth
Intransitive: to call to sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He called to the waiter to bring another drink.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĨ¤
3.1
āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
(of a bird or an animal) to produce a characteristic sound
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The seagulls called to each other as they flew along the coast.
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ° āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°āĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to go to a particular place in order to pay someone a quick visit or to do a specific thing
Dialect
British
BritishTransitive: to call at a place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She called at her friend's house to drop off a package.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
05
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to request or order someone to come to a place, particularly a court of law in order to testify
Transitive: to call sb | to call sb somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The CEO was called back to the headquarters for an emergency meeting.
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ° āĻĻāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
5.1
āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž
to announce the occurrence of something or order something to happen
Transitive: to call an event or activity | to call for an event or activity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The captain will call for a safety check before takeoff.
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻāĻ
āĻĢā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
5.2
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to cause someone to make a specific career or life choice
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He was called to medicine.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āĻ¸āĻž āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
06
āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to predict the result of something, particularly a future event, such as an election
Transitive: to call a future event
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The outcome of the championship game is too close to call.
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻļāĻŋāĻĒ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
6.1
āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to predict which side of a coin will face upwards after it is tossed
Transitive: to call a side of a coin
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I called heads and won the coin toss.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻĄ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
07
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻāĻž
to match the current bet or raise made by another player in the same round of betting, thereby staying in the hand and retaining the chance to win the pot
Transitive: to call a bet
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She called the all-in bet and revealed her pocket aces.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ
āĻ˛-āĻāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ¸ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
āĻāĻ˛, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž
the act of talking to someone on the phone or an attempt to reach someone through a phone
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I got a call from the school about my son's performance.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻĢāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
02
āĻĄāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻžāĻ¨
the sound that a bird or an animal usually makes
03
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤, āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ
a choice made or a judgment reached after considering several possibilities
04
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤, āĻāĻ˛
(in sports) a decision, particularly one that is made by an umpire or referee
05
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§āĻˇāĻžā§
a visit in an official or professional capacity
06
āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨
a brief social visit
07
āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āĻāĻ˛
the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
08
āĻĄāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨
a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
09
āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻ°, āĻĄāĻžāĻ
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
10
āĻāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨, āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ
a strong request or demand for something to happen, often expressed publicly
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
There were calls for reform after the incident.
āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
11
āĻāĻ˛
a demand especially in the phras
12
āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ, āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨
a demand for a show of hands in a card game
13
āĻāĻ˛, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž
an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
caller
calling
miscall
call
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
