calls

Noun

• a telephone connection
  • "she reported several anonymous calls"
• a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
• a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
• a demand especially in the phrase
• 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
• 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"
• (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
• the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
• plural of call

Verb

• assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
• ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
• utter a sudden loud cry
• order, request, or command to come
• pay a brief visit
• call a meeting; invite or command to meet
  • "The new dean calls meetings every week"
• read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
• send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
• utter a characteristic note or cry
• stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
• greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
  • "She calls him by first name"
• make a stop in a harbour
• demand payment of (a loan)
• make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
• give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
• indicate a decision in regard to
• make a prediction about; tell in advance
• require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
• challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
• declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
• lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
• order or request or give a command for
• order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
• utter in a loud voice or announce
• challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
• consider or regard as being
• rouse somebody from sleep with a call
• third-person singular simple present indicative of call

Synonyms

address, anticipate, bid, birdcall, birdsong, Call, call, 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

Antonyms

put option