Call
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British pronunciation/kˈɔːl/
American pronunciation/ˈkɔɫ/

Definition och Betydelse av "call"

to call
01

ringa, telefona

to telephone a place or person
Transitive: to call sb/sth
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They call their grandparents every Sunday to check in.
Can you call the office and ask for the schedule?
Can you call the restaurant and make a reservation for us?
02

kalla, benämna

to give a name or title to someone or something
Complex Transitive: to call sb/sth a name
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What are their twin daughters called?
Do you know anyone called Emily?
She wants to call her baby girl Lily.
2.1

kalla, benämna

to describe or address someone or something in a particular way
Complex Transitive: to call sb/sth sth | to call sb/sth [adj]
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Are you calling me a bad friend?
He calls himself a fitness enthusiast because he loves working out.
They 're calling her crazy just because she has unique ideas.
2.2

höra, kalla

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
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At the gym, we all call each other by our workout nicknames.
The children like to call their grandmother ' Nana '.
Her name is Elizabeth, but everyone calls her Liz.
03

svänga förbi, besöka

to go to a particular place in order to pay someone a quick visit or to do a specific thing
Transitive: to call at a place
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04

ropa, kalla

to attract someone’s attention by shouting or saying something loudly
Transitive: to call sth
Intransitive: to call to sb
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Did you just call my name a minute ago?
He called to the waiter to bring another drink.
A passerby called to the child who was wandering too close to the edge of the pond.
4.1

kalla, sjunga

(of a bird or an animal) to produce a characteristic sound
Intransitive
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The robin called from the treetop, heralding the arrival of spring.
The seagulls called to each other as they flew along the coast.
From the dense foliage, a troop of monkeys could be heard calling to one another, signaling their location.
05

kalla, inkalla

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
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The prosecutor will call the witness to the stand.
The defense attorney plans to call an expert witness to testify.
5.1

kalla, samla

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
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I will call a meeting for tomorrow.
The organizer called a rally to protest against social injustice.
The mayor will call a press conference to address the issue.
5.2

kalla, anropa

to cause someone to make a specific career or life choice
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She was called to business.
He was called to medicine.
He was called to a career in music after performing in a local band.
06

förutsäga, tillkänna ge

to predict the result of something, particularly a future event, such as an election
Transitive: to call a future event
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The investor called the rise of cryptocurrency before it became mainstream.
The results of the experiment are hard to call as the data is inconclusive.
The result of the election in the swing state is too close to call.
6.1

kalla, förutsäga

to predict which side of a coin will face upwards after it is tossed
Transitive: to call a side of a coin
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We called tails and got the first possession.
She called tails but the coin landed on heads.
The captain called tails and won the coin toss.
07

syna, lika

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
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I 'll call your bet and see the next card.
They called the minimum bet and hoped to hit their flush on the river.
She called the raise and continued to play her hand.
01

samtal, uppringning

the act of talking to someone on the phone or an attempt to reach someone through a phone
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I received a call from an unknown number.
I got a call from the school about my son 's performance.
She makes a call to her family every Sunday.
02

rop, ljud

the sound that a bird or an animal usually makes
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03

val, beslut

a choice made or a judgment reached after considering several possibilities
04

beslut, anrop

(in sports) a decision, particularly one that is made by an umpire or referee
05

besök, samtal

a visit in an official or professional capacity
06

besök, samtal

a brief social visit
07

call-option, köpoption

the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
08

kallelse, anrop

a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
09

rop, anrop

a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
10

samtal, begäran

a request
11

samtal, begäran

a demand especially in the phras
12

anrop, begäran

a demand for a show of hands in a card game
13

anrop, anropsinstruktion

an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
14

marginalanrop, marginalkrav

a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
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They call their grandparents every Sunday to check in.
Can you call the office and ask for the schedule?
Can you call the restaurant and make a reservation for us?
Where were you when I called you earlier?
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