Meaning of call | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname
2. A surname.
3. Initialism of computer-assisted language learning.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
4. To reach out with one's voice. To request, summon, or beckon
5. A cry or shout.
   countable, uncountable
6. To request, summon, or beckon
7. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
   countable, uncountable
8. To cry or shout
9. A beckoning or summoning.
   countable, uncountable
10. To utter in a loud or distinct voice
11. A telephone conversation; a phone call.
    countable, uncountable
12. To contact by telephone
13. An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
    countable, uncountable
14. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
    countable, uncountable
15. A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
    countable, uncountable
16. A decision or judgement.
    countable, uncountable
17. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
    countable, uncountable
18. Ellipsis of call option.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
19. The act of calling to the other batsman.
    countable, uncountable
20. The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
    countable, uncountable
21. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
    uncountable
22. The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
    countable, uncountable
23. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
    countable, uncountable
24. The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
    countable, uncountable
25. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
    countable, uncountable
26. A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
    countable, uncountable
27. A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
    countable, uncountable
28. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
    countable, uncountable
29. Vocation; employment; calling.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
30. A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
    US, countable, uncountable
31. A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
    countable, informal, slang, uncountable
32. A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
    countable, uncountable
33. Need; necessity.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He heard a call from the other side of the room.”

“That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.”

“I had to yield to the call of the wild.”

“Dependance is a perpetual call upon humanity, and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity, than any other motive whatsoever.”

“But they had hoped that, when peace had been restored, when no call of duty required him [William III of England] to cross the sea, he would generally, during the summer and autumn, reside in his fair palaces and parks on the banks of the Thames, [...]”

“We actually have a call tomorrow, which is a Sunday, right after my bridal shower. I have to make enchiladas for 10 people!”

“I received several phone calls today.”

“I received several calls today.”

“I made a call to Jim, but he didn’t answer.”

“I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.”

“He [...] ſeldom waits, / Dependent on the baker's punctual call, / To hear his creaking panniers at the door, / Angry and ſad and his laſt cruſt conſumed.”

“Podson stayed till after five, though he handsomely apologized for outstaying a call. "The fact is, I never think of the time, when I get talking to a really intelligent woman...'”

“The ship made a call at Southampton.”

“That was a good call.”

“Fair call actually, because don't the girls blow up when you miss an anniversary?”

“The Prime Minister has the call.”

“I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.”

“page 48: “Mondays would be great, especially after a weekend of call.” page 56: “[…] I’ve got call tonight, and all weekend, but I’ll be off tomorrow to help you some.””

“I took general-surgery call at Bossier Medical Center and asked special permission to take general-medical call, which was gladly given away by the older staff members: […]. You would be surprised at how many surgical cases came out of medical call.”

“We attempted to include all topics that we ourselves have faced while taking plastic surgery call at the affiliated hospitals in the Texas Medical Center, one of the largest medical centers in the world, which sees over 100,000 patients per day.”

“The columns in the second rectangle show fewer hours, but part of that is due to the fact that there's a division between a work call and a show call.”

“There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.”

“"They have a little network of women that watch out for each other," Morford said. That means that if one prostitute doesn't come back after going out on a call – whether it's an Internet prostitute or a streetwalker – and the other women can't get hold of her, they get scared, close up shop and won't work, Morford said.”

“The work was done by two lawyers, one a 1983 call and the other a 2010 call.”

“There's no call for that kind of bad language!”

“CALL 2 need for. "There worn't noa call for nowt o't'soart."”

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