call

To reach out with one's voice. To request, summon, or beckon.

• That person is hurt; call for help!
• "Supper's ready," called Dad from the kitchen.
• to call the roll of a military company

To request, summon, or beckon.

• That person is hurt; call for help!

To cry or shout.

• "Supper's ready," called Dad from the kitchen.

To utter in a loud or distinct voice.

• to call the roll of a military company

To contact by telephone.

• Why don’t you call me in the morning?
• Why don’t you call tomorrow?

To rouse from sleep; to awaken.

To request that one's band play (a particular tune).

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).

• We could always call on a friend.
• The engineer called round whilst you were away.
• This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington.

To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).

• We could always call on a friend.
• The engineer called round whilst you were away.

To stop at a station or port.

• This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington.
• Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour.

To come to pass; to afflict.

To name, identify, or describe. To name or refer to.

• Why don’t we dispense with the formalities? Please call me Al.
• Don't call me a liar.
• I’m called John.

To name or refer to.

• Why don’t we dispense with the formalities? Please call me Al.
• Don't call me a liar.

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.

To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.

• They call the distance ten miles.
• That’s enough work. Let's call it a day and go home.

To claim the existence of some malfeasance; to denounce as.

• I call bullshit.
• She called foul on their scheme.

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.

• The captains call the coin toss.
• He called twelve of the last three recessions.
• After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative.

A cry or shout.

• He heard a call from the other side of the room.

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.

A telephone conversation; a phone call.

• I received several phone calls today.
• I received several calls today.

An instance of calling someone on the telephone.

• I made a call to Jim, but he didn’t answer.

A short visit, usually for social purposes.

• I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.

A visit by a ship or boat to a port.

• The ship made a call at Southampton.

A decision or judgement.

• That was a good call.

The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.

• The Prime Minister has the call.
• I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.

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.

• There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.

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.