Call
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British pronunciation/kˈɔːl/
American pronunciation/ˈkɔɫ/

Definition & Meaning of "call"

to call
01

to telephone a place or person

Transitive: to call sb/sth
to call definition and meaning
02

to give a name or title to someone or something

Complex Transitive: to call sb/sth a name
to call definition and meaning
2.1

to describe or address someone or something in a particular way

2.2

to address or refer to someone or something using a particular name or title

03

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
to call definition and meaning
04

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

Transitive: to call sth
Intransitive: to call to sb
4.1

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

to call definition and meaning
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
5.1

to announce the occurrence of something or order something to happen

5.2

to cause someone to make a specific career or life choice

06

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

Transitive: to call a future event
6.1

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

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
Call
01

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

call definition and meaning
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

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 request

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

14

a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement

call

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caller

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calling

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calling

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Example
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?
The hole calls the thief.
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