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Definition & Meaning of "call"in English

to call
01

to telephone a place or person 

Dialectamerican flagAmerican
phonebritish flagBritish
Transitive: to call sb/sth
to call definition and meaning
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
call
3rd person singular
calls
Present participle
calling
Past simple
called
Past participle
called
Examples
Can you call me back in ten minutes? 
02

to give a name or title to someone or something 

Complex Transitive: to call sb/sth a name
to call definition and meaning
Examples
Do you know anyone called Emily? 
2.1

to describe or address someone or something in a particular way 

Complex Transitive: to call sb/sth sth | to call sb/sth [adj]
Examples
Are you calling me a bad friend? 
2.2

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
Examples
At the gym, we all call each other by our workout nicknames. 
03

to attract someone's attention by shouting or saying something loudly 

Transitive: to call sth
Intransitive: to call to sb
to call definition and meaning
Examples
Did you just call my name a minute ago? 
3.1

(of a bird or an animal) to produce a characteristic sound 

Intransitive
to call definition and meaning
Examples
The peacock called in the early morning to attract a female. 
04

to go to a particular place in order to pay someone a quick visit or to do a specific thing 

Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to call at a place
to call definition and meaning
Examples
I need to call at the bank to withdraw some money. 
05

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
Examples
The applicants were called for a skills assessment test. 
5.1

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
Examples
I will call a meeting for tomorrow. 
5.2

to cause someone to make a specific career or life choice 

Examples
He was called to a career in music after performing in a local band. 
06

to predict the result of something, particularly a future event, such as an election 

Transitive: to call a future event
Examples
The investor called the rise of cryptocurrency before it became mainstream. 
6.1

to predict which side of a coin will face upwards after it is tossed 

Transitive: to call a side of a coin
Examples
He called heads and was thrilled when the coin landed on that side. 
07

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
Examples
I'll call your bet and see the next card. 
Call
01

the act of talking to someone on the phone or an attempt to reach someone through a phone 

call definition and meaning
Examples
During the call, he shared the good news. 
02

the sound that a bird or an animal usually makes 

call definition and meaning
03

a choice made or a judgment reached after considering several possibilities 

Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
calls
04

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

05

a visit in an official or professional capacity 

06

a brief social visit 

07

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

08

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

09

a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition 

10

a strong request or demand for something to happen, often expressed publicly 

Examples
The protest led to calls for immediate government action. 
11

a demand especially in the phras 

12

a demand for a show of hands in a card game 

13

an instruction that interrupts the program being executed 

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