call on
call
kɔ:l
kawl
on
ɑ:n
aan
/kˈɔːl ˈɒn/
call upon

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "call on"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to call on
[phrase form: call]
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āφāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to officially ask a person or organization to do something
Transitive: to call on sb
to call on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The president called on the nation for unity in challenging times.
āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϐāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĄā§‡āϕ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to casually and briefly visit someone
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to call on sb
to call on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They called on us unexpectedly, and we had a great time chatting.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāϞāĻžāĻĒāϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
03

āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤāĻĨā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to ask for help or information from someone
Transitive: to call on sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team called on their coach for support.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āϚāϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to use one's skills or qualities to get something done
Transitive: to call on one's skills or qualities
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The entrepreneur called on his strategic thinking to navigate the competitive market.
āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ­āĻŋāϗ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞāĻ—āϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āφāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž

to ask someone to express their ideas or respond, usually in a public or educational context
Transitive: to call on sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the interview, the journalist called on the actor for insights into the film.
āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to identify and fix errors to ensure accuracy
Transitive: to call on sb
Ditransitive: to call on sb a mistake
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher called the student on the incorrect answer and provided the right one.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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