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¨
call out
/kËÉËl ËaĘt/
to call out
[phrase form: call]
01
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to formally request or direct someone to perform a duty or task
Transitive: to call out sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The captain called out the rescue team for help.
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻ˛āĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž
to shout something
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The child called out for help.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
2.1
āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to shout names or numbers to be heard clearly
Transitive: to call out names or numbers
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He called out the names of the performers.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻĄā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨.
03
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to openly criticize someone's unacceptable behavior
Dialect
American
AmericanTransitive: to call out sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The online community united to call out a company for unethical business practices.
āĻ
āĻ¨āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to challenge someone to fight one in a face-to-face fight
Transitive: to call out sb
Old use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The knight called his opponent out for a fight.
āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇāĻā§ āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĄāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
05
āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻ āĻāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to order workers to stop working temporarily to show disagreement or seek better terms
Dialect
British
BritishIntransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The employees called out as a response to contract disputes.
āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
