call
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old English ceallian; see also Old Norse kalla.
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[edit] Noun
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call (plural calls)
- A telephone conversation.
- I received several phone calls today.
- I received several calls today.
- A social visit.
- I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.
- A cry or shout.
- He heard a call from the other side of the room.
- A decision or judgement.
- That was a good call.
- The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
- That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
- A beckoning or summoning.
- I had to yield to the call of the wild.
- (finance): An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
- (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
- (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
- (medicine) An overnight duty in the hospital.
- (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the point.
- A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.
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terms derived from call (noun)
[edit] Translations
telephone conversation
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social visit
cry or shout
characteristic cry of a bird or other animal
beckoning or summoning
(finance): contract to buy stock
(medicine): overnight duty in the hospital
(computing): the act of jumping to a subprogram
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to call (third-person singular simple present calls, present participle calling, simple past and past participle called)
- To request, summon, or beckon.
- That person is hurt, call for help!
- To cry or shout.
- I can't see you. Call out to me so I can find you.
- To contact by telephone.
- Why don't you call me in the morning.
- To pay a social visit.
- We could always call on a friend.
- To name or refer to.
- Why don't we dispense with the formalities. Please call me Al.
- (reflexively: to be called) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
- I'm called John.
- A very tall building is called a skyscraper.
- (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
- (baseball, cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions.)
- (poker): To match or equal the amount of poker chips in the pot as the player that bet.
- (with an object preceded by the preposition for) To require, demand.
- This job calls for patience.
- To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- My partner called 2 spades.
- (finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
- (banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
- (transitive) To predict.
- He called twelve of the last three recessions.
- (transitive) To declare in advance.
- The captains call the coin toss.
- (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:shout
- See also Wikisaurus:telephone
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from the verb "call"
[edit] Translations
to request, summon, or beckon
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to cry or shout
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to contact by telephone
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to pay a social visit
to name or refer to
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to be called
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to shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run
to shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch thus avoiding collisions
to match or equal the amount of poker chips in the pot as the player that bet
to require, demand
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to state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on
