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Call

verb

(past & past part. called; pres. part. calling)

Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to. Synonym: name. "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

Ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality. "She called her children lazy and ungrateful"

Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone. Synonyms: call up, phone, ring, telephone. "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

Utter a sudden loud cry. Synonyms: cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell. "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"

Order, request, or command to come. Synonym: send for. "Call the police!"

Pay a brief visit. Synonyms: call in, 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. "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"

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Utter a characteristic note or cry.

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Stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather.

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Greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name. Synonym: address. "Call me Mister" , "She calls him by first name"

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Make a stop in a harbour.

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Demand payment of (a loan). Synonym: call in.

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Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands. Synonym: bid.

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Give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance. Synonym: call off.

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Indicate a decision in regard to.

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Make a prediction about; tell in advance. Synonyms: anticipate, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise.

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Require the presentation of for redemption before maturation.

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Challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense.

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Declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee.

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Lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal.

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Order or request or give a command for.

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Order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role. "They called him to active military duty"

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Utter in a loud voice or announce. "The auctioneer called the bids"

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Challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of.

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Consider or regard as being.

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Rouse somebody from sleep with a call.

noun

A telephone connection. Synonyms: phone call, telephone call. "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.

A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition. Synonyms: cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell.

A demand especially in the phrase. Synonym: claim.

The characteristic sound produced by a bird. Synonyms: birdcall, birdsong, song.

A brief social visit. "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. Synonym: margin call.

A demand for a show of hands in a card game.

A request. "Not many calls for buggywhips"

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An instruction that interrupts the program being executed.

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A visit in an official or professional capacity. "The salesman's call on a customer"

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(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee.

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The option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date. Synonym: call option.

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