call
Definitions
- A surname
- A surname.
- Initialism of computer-assisted language learning.
- To reach out with one's voice. To request, summon, or beckon
- A cry or shout.
- To request, summon, or beckon
- The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
- To cry or shout
- A beckoning or summoning.
- To utter in a loud or distinct voice
- A telephone conversation; a phone call.
- To contact by telephone
- An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
- A short visit, usually for social purposes.
- A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
- A decision or judgement.
- The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
- Ellipsis of call option.
- The act of calling to the other batsman.
- The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
- A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
- The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
- A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
- A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
- A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
- A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
- An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
- Vocation; employment; calling.
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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
- A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
- A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
- Need; necessity.
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of call.
Equivalents
Españolcantoclamarconvocatoriagritargritoguardiallamadallamadollamamientollamarpalabrapitarseñalartelefoneartelefonematimbrarvisita
65 more languages
Afrikaansroep
বাংলাডাকা
བོད་སྐད།ཁ་དཔར་གཏོང་བ
Bosanskiapelklicatikrikpekapitarpozivrabeštrigavisitezovапелвикадежу́рствозватизовкриккричатиназиватинуждапозивпосетаприходразговорслово
Cymraeggalwad
Ελληνικάαναφώνησηαποκαλώέκκλησηεπίσκεψηεφημερίακάλεσμακάλωκλήσηκραυγήξεφωνητόπαίρνωπαίρνω τηλέφωνοπρόσκλησητηλεφώνηματηλεφωνώτιτίβισμαφωνάζω
Suomiäänihakeahuudahtaahuutaahuutokatsoakäyntikehotuskeikkakutsukutsuakutsuäänikutsuhuutokutsumuskyläilymaksaamaksaminennimetäosto-optiopäätöspäivystyspillipokapuheenvuoropuhelinkeskustelupuhelinsoittopuhelusoittotarjoustarvetehtävätuomiovaatiavedotavierailuvokaatio
Hrvatskiapelklicatikrikpekapitarpozivrabeštrigavisitezovапелвикадежу́рствозватизовкриккричатиназиватинуждапозивпосетаприходразговорслово
Italianocantocapatinachiamarechiamataconvocazionecopriregridaregridonominarerichiamosalutotelefonataturnourlovisita
ភាសាខ្មែរហៅ
Кыргызчакоңгуроо
LëtzebuergeschRuff
Te Reo Māoripeka
Nederlandsaanroepenbezoekmeegaannoemenopbellenoproeproeproepenschreeuwentelefoontelefoongesprekvragen om
Polskidzwonićgościnakrzyknazywaćodwiedzinyokrzykpowiestkatelefonowaćwezwaćwezwaniewizytawołaćwołaniewywołaniewywoławczywzywaćzadzwonićzatelefonowaćzawołaćzew
پښتوبلل
Portuguêscallcantochamadachamadochamargritargritoligaçãoligarplantãoprogramarequerertelefonartelefonemavisita
Русскийвизитвызватьвызоввызыватьголосдежурствозватьзвонитьзвонокзовкликатькличколлкриккри́кнутькричатьманокназва́тьназыва́тьпозватьпозвонитьпосещениепризывприходразговорслово
Shqipquaj
Српскиapelklicatikrikpekapitarpozivrabeštrigavisitezovапелвикадежу́рствозватизовкриккричатиназиватинуждапозивпосетаприходразговорслово
Svenskaanropanropabesökcallafågelsånghojtakällakallelselockordringaropropasynsynatelefoneratelefonsamtal
ئۇيغۇرچەچاقىرماق
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."”
CEFR level
A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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