1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
1. to cry outina loud voice; shout: Hecalled her name to seeif she washome.
2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.
3. to ask or invite to come: Willyou call thefamily to dinner?
4. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
5. to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
6. to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
7. to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
8. to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
9. to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.
10. to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
11. to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
12. to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.
13. to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.
14. to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
15. to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
16. to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
17. to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
18. to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
19. to thinkof as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
20. to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
21. to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
22. to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
23. to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
24. to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
25. Sports . (of an official)
a. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.
b. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
26. Pool . to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
27. (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
28. Cards .
a. to demand (a card).
b. to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
c. Poker . to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
d. Bridge . to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
–verb (used without object)
29. to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
30. to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
31. to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
32. Cards .
a. to demand a card.
b. to demand a showing of hands.
c. Poker . to equal a bet.
d. Bridge . to bid or pass.
33. (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
–noun
34. a cry or shout.
35. the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
36. an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
37. an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
38. a short visit: to make a call on someone.
39. a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We liveso close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
40. a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
41. a calling of a roll; roll call.
42. the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
43. a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
44. a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
45. a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
46. a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
47. a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
48. Cards
a. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
b. Poker . an equaling of the preceding bet.
c. Bridge . a bid or pass.
49. Sports . a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees weremaking one bad call afteranother.
50. Theater .
a. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
b. act call.
c. curtain call.
51. Dance . a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
52. Also called call option. Finance . an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put ( def. 24 ) .
53. Fox Hunting . any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
—Verb phrases
54. call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
55. call back,
a. to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.
b. to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
56. call down,
a. to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of god.
b. to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
57. call for,
a. to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.
b. to request; summon.
c. to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
58. call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
59. call in,
a. to call for payment; collect.
b. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.
c. to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.
d. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?
e. to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
60. call in / intoquestion. question ( def. 17 ) .
61. call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
62. call on / upon,
a. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
b. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
63. call out,
a. to speak in a loud voice; shout.
b. to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
c. to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.
d. to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.
e. Informal . to challenge to a fight.
64. call up,
a. to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
b. to cause to remember; evoke.
c. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
d. to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.
e. Computers . to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.
—Idioms
65. call in sick. sick1 ( def. 14 ) .
66. call to order. order ( def. 48 ) .
67. on call,
a. payable or subject to return without advance notice.
b. readily available for summoning upon short notice.
68. take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
69. within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.
