Noun
1. 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"2. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition;
"the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"3. a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
4. the characteristic sound produced by a bird;
"a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"5. a brief social visit;
"senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"6. a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
7. a demand for a show of hands in a card game;
"after two raises there was a call"8. a request;
"many calls for Christmas stories""not many calls for buggywhips"9. an instruction that interrupts the program being executed;
"Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"10. brief visit in an official or professional capacity;
"the pastor's visits to his parishioners""a visit to a dentist""the salesman's call on a customer"11. (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee;
"he was ejected for protesting the call"12. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
Verb
1. assign a specified, proper name to;
"They named their son David""The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"2. 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"3. 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"4. order, request, or command to come;
"She was called into the director's office""Call the police!"5. utter a sudden loud cry;
"she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle""I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"6. pay a brief visit;
"The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"7. 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"8. order or request or give a command for;
"The unions called a general strike for Sunday"9. 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"10. indicate a decision in regard to;
"call balls and strikes behind the plate"11. stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather;
"call a football game"12. read aloud to check for omissions or absentees;
"Call roll"13. 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"14. declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee;
"call a runner out"15. utter a characteristic note or cry;
"bluejays called to one another"16. utter in a loud voice or announce;
"He called my name""The auctioneer called the bids"17. make a prediction about; tell in advance;
"Call the outcome of an election"18. challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense;
"He deserves to be called on that"19. consider or regard as being;
"I would not call her beautiful"20. demand payment of (a loan);
"Call a loan"21. give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
22. greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name;
"He always addresses me with `Sir'""Call me Mister""She calls him by first name"23. make a stop in a harbour;
"The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow"24. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands;
"He called his trump"25. require the presentation of for redemption before maturation;
"Call a bond"26. lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal;
"Call ducks"27. challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of;
"call the speaker on a question of fact"28. rouse somebody from sleep with a call;
"I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"