call

Plural: calls

Noun

• a telephone connection
  • "she reported several anonymous calls"
  • "he placed a phone call to London"
  • "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"
• a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
  • "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"
• a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
• a demand especially in the phrase
  • "the call of duty"
• the characteristic sound produced by a bird
• a brief social visit
  • "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"
  • "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence"
• a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
• a demand for a show of hands in a card game
  • "after two raises there was a call"
• a request
  • "many calls for Christmas stories"
  • "not many calls for buggywhips"
• an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
  • "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"
• a visit in an official or professional capacity
  • "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"
  • "the salesman's call on a customer"
• (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
  • "he was ejected for protesting the call"
• the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
• A cry or shout.
• The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
• A beckoning or summoning.
• A telephone conversation; a phone call.
• An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
• A short visit, usually for social purposes.
• A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
• A decision or judgement.
• The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
• Ellipsis of call option.
• The act of calling to the other batsman.
• The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
• A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
• The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
• A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
• The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
• A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
• A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
• A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
• An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
• Vocation; employment; calling.
• A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
• A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
• A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
• Need; necessity.

Verb

Verb Forms: called, calling, calls

• To summon, name, or make an appeal.
• assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
• ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
  • "He called me a bastard"
  • "She called her children lazy and ungrateful"
• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
  • "I tried to call you all night"
  • "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
• utter a sudden loud cry
• order, request, or command to come
  • "She was called into the director's office"
  • "Call the police!"
• pay a brief visit
  • "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
• call a meeting; invite or command to meet
  • "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"
  • "The new dean calls meetings every week"
• read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
  • "Call roll"
• send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
  • "Hawaii is calling!"
  • "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"
• utter a characteristic note or cry
  • "bluejays called to one another"
• stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
  • "call a football game"
• greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
  • "Call me Mister"
  • "She calls him by first name"
• make a stop in a harbour
  • "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow"
• demand payment of (a loan)
  • "Call a loan"
• make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
  • "He called his trump"
• give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
• indicate a decision in regard to
  • "call balls and strikes behind the plate"
• make a prediction about; tell in advance
  • "Call the outcome of an election"
• require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
  • "Call a bond"
• challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
  • "He deserves to be called on that"
• declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
  • "call a runner out"
• lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
  • "Call ducks"
• order or request or give a command for
  • "The unions called a general strike for Sunday"
• order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
  • "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"
  • "They called him to active military duty"
• utter in a loud voice or announce
  • "He called my name"
  • "The auctioneer called the bids"
• challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
  • "call the speaker on a question of fact"
• consider or regard as being
  • "I would not call her beautiful"
• rouse somebody from sleep with a call
  • "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"
• To reach out with one's voice.
• To request, summon, or beckon.
• To reach out with one's voice.
• To cry or shout.
• To reach out with one's voice.
• To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
• To reach out with one's voice.
• To contact by telephone.
• To reach out with one's voice.
• To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
• To reach out with one's voice.
• To request that one's band play (a particular tune).
• To reach out with one's voice.
• To scold.
• To visit.
• To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
• To visit.
• To stop at a station or port.
• To visit.
• To come to pass; to afflict.
• To name, identify, or describe.
• To name or refer to.
• To name, identify, or describe.
• Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
• To name, identify, or describe.
• To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
• To name, identify, or describe.
• To claim the existence of some malfeasance; to denounce as.
• To name, identify, or describe.
• To disclose the class or character of; to identify.
• To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
• To declare in advance.
• To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
• To predict.
• To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
• To formally recognise a death: especially to announce and record the time, place and fact of a person’s death.
• To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
• To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
• To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
• To make a decision as a referee or umpire.
• Direct or indirect use of the voice.
• (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
• Direct or indirect use of the voice.
• (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
• Direct or indirect use of the voice.
• To tell in advance which shot one is attempting.
• Direct or indirect use of the voice.
• To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
• Direct or indirect use of the voice.
• To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)
• Direct or indirect use of the voice.
• To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
• To require, demand.
• To cause to be verbally subjected to.
• To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.
• To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
• To demand repayment of a loan.
• To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.

Examples

• A recursive function is one that calls itself.
• A very tall building is called a skyscraper.
• After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative.
• Don't call me a liar.
• Every shot must be called.
• He called twelve of the last three recessions.
• He felt called to help the old man.
• He heard a call from the other side of the room.
• I bet $800 and Jane raised to $1600. My options: call (match her $1600 bet), reraise, or fold.
• I call bullshit.
• I call the comfy chair!
• I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.
• I had to yield to the call of the wild.
• I made a call to Jim, but he didn’t answer.
• I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.
• I received several calls today.
• I received several phone calls today.
• I’ll call your 300, and raise to 600!
• I’m called John.
• My partner called two spades.
• Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour.
• She called foul on their scheme.
• That person is hurt; call for help!
• That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
• That was a good call.
• That’s enough work. Let's call it a day and go home.
• The basis for his conclusion was called into doubt
• The captains call the coin toss.
• The engineer called round whilst you were away.
• The goal was called offside.
• The Prime Minister has the call.
• The ship made a call at Southampton.
• There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.
• There's no call for that kind of bad language!
• They call the distance ten miles.
• This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington.
• to call the roll of a military company
• We could always call on a friend.
• When it’s my turn, I always try to CALL upon my deepest vocabulary for a good play.
• Why don’t we dispense with the formalities? Please call me Al.
• Why don’t you call me in the morning?
• Why don’t you call tomorrow?

Synonyms

address, anticipate, bid, birdcall, birdsong, call in, call off, call option, call up, claim, cry, forebode, foretell, holler, hollo, margin call, name, outcry, phone, phone call, predict, prognosticate, promise, ring, scream, send for, shout, shout out, song, squall, telephone, telephone call, visit, vociferation, yell, arouse, augur, awake, awaken, bename, bring round, call, call out, clarify, clear up, clepe, denominate, designate, dial up, divine, drop a line, dub, entitle, explicitize, forecast, foredeem, forehold, foresee, foreshadow, get on the horn, get something straight, give someone a bell, give someone a buzz, give someone a call, give someone a jingle, give someone a ring, give someone a tinkle, knock up, narrow down, nominate, particularize, presage, prophesy, ring up, roar, roop, rouse, roust, singularize, specialize, specificate, style, term, uprouse, wake, wake up, waken

Antonyms

put option

Related Words

CALLABLE