call – 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”collect call – a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay forcall-in – a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going programcrank call – a hostile telephone call (from a crank)local call – a telephone call made within a local calling areaconference call – a telephone call in which more than two people participatewake-up call – a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels); “she left a wake-up call for 7 a.m.”
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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”inclination, tendency, disposition – an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; “he had an inclination to give up too easily”; “a tendency to be too strict”
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call – a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; “the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience”blue murder – an extravagantly loud outcry; “she screamed blue murder”catcall – a cry expressing disapprovalhalloo – a shout to attract attention; “he gave a great halloo but no one heard him”hoot – a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)hosanna – a cry of praise or adoration (to God)noise – a loud outcry of protest or complaint; “the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise”; “whatever it was he didn’t like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could”whoop – a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitementyelling, shouting – uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitementyodel – a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
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call – a demand especially in the phrase “the call of duty”demand – an urgent or peremptory request; “his demands for attention were unceasing”
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call – the characteristic sound produced by a bird; “a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age”two-note call – a birdcall having two notes; “the two-note call of the cuckoo”
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call – 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”visit – the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; “he dropped by for a visit”
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call – a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirementdemand – an urgent or peremptory request; “his demands for attention were unceasing”
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call – a demand for a show of hands in a card game; “after two raises there was a call”demand – an urgent or peremptory request; “his demands for attention were unceasing”
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call – a request; “many calls for Christmas stories”; “not many calls for buggywhips”recall – a call to return; “the recall of our ambassador”
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call – an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; “Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed”function call – a call that passes control to a subroutine; after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program
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call – a visit in an official or professional capacity; “the pastor’s calls on his parishioners”; “the salesman’s call on a customer”round – (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order); “the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning”; “the postman’s rounds”; “we enjoyed our round of the local bars”visit – the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; “a visit to the dentist”
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call – (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; “he was ejected for protesting the call”athletics, sport – an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
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call – the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given dateoption – the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
Verb
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call – assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; “They named their son David”; “The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader”call – 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”refer – use a name to designate; “Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary”style, title – designate by an identifying term; “They styled their nation `The Confederate States'”rename – assign a new name to; “Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990″term – name formally or designate with a termtag – provide with a name or nicknamelabel – assign a label to; designate with a label; “These students were labelled `learning disabled'”address, call – greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; “He always addresses me with `Sir'”; “Call me Mister”; “She calls him by first name”
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call – 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”call – consider or regard as being; “I would not call her beautiful”miscall, misname – assign in incorrect name to; “These misnamed philanthropists”call, name – assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; “They named their son David”; “The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader”label – assign a label to; designate with a label; “These students were labelled `learning disabled'”brand, post – mark or expose as infamous; “She was branded a loose woman”call – read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; “Call roll”
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call – 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”cell phone – call up by using a cellular phone; “If the train is late, I will cell phone you”call in – make a phone call; “call in to a radio station”; “call in sick”telecommunicate – communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mailcall – 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”
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call – 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”call – utter in a loud voice or announce; “He called my name”; “The auctioneer called the bids”cry out, exclaim, call out, outcry, shout, cry – utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; “`I won!’ he exclaimed”; “`Help!’ she cried”; “`I’m here,’ the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost”halloo – shout `halloo’, as when greeting someone or attracting attentionwhoop – shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm; “The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table”let loose, let out, utter, emit – express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); “She let out a big heavy sigh”; “He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand”call out – call out loudly, as of names or numbers
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call – order, request, or command to come; “She was called into the director’s office”; “Call the police!”order, enjoin, tell, say – give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; “I said to him to go home”; “She ordered him to do the shopping”; “The mother told the child to get dressed”call – 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”beep – call, summon, or alert with a beepercall back, recall – summon to return; “The ambassador was recalled to his country”; “The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession”call in – summon to a particular activity or employment; “Experts were called in”lift – call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogsmuster – call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.hail – call for; “hail a cab”summon – ask to come; “summon a lawyer”call – 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”bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise – summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; “raise the specter of unemployment”; “he conjured wild birds in the air”; “call down the spirits from the mountain”
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call – pay a brief visit; “The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens”call – make a stop in a harbour; “The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow”see – go to see for professional or business reasons; “You should see a lawyer”; “We had to see a psychiatrist”see – go to see for a social visit; “I went to see my friend Mary the other day”come by, drop by, drop in – visit informally and spontaneously; “We frequently drop by the neighbors’ house for a cup of coffee”
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call – 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”call for, request, bespeak, quest – express the need or desire for; ask for; “She requested an extra bed in her room”; “She called for room service”send for, call – order, request, or command to come; “She was called into the director’s office”; “Call the police!”
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call – read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; “Call roll”read – look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; “The King will read the proclamation at noon”call – 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”
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call – 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”phone, telephone, call up, call, ring – 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”telecommunicate – communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail
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call – utter a characteristic note or cry; “bluejays called to one another”call – lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; “Call ducks”let loose, let out, utter, emit – express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); “She let out a big heavy sigh”; “He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand”
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call – stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; “call a football game”
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call – greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; “He always addresses me with `Sir'”; “Call me Mister”; “She calls him by first name”address, turn to – speak to; “He addressed the crowd outside the window”call, name – assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; “They named their son David”; “The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader”
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call – make a stop in a harbour; “The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow”stop over, stop – interrupt a trip; “we stopped at Aunt Mary’s house”; “they stopped for three days in Florence”call in, visit, call – pay a brief visit; “The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens”
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call – demand payment of (a loan); “Call a loan”call – require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; “Call a bond”exact, demand – claim as due or just; “The bank demanded payment of the loan”
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call – make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; “He called his trump”play – participate in games or sport; “We played hockey all afternoon”; “play cards”; “Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches”raise – bid (one’s partner’s suit) at a higher leveldouble – bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)outcall – make a higher bid than (the previous bid or player); in a card gameunderbid – bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrantsoutbid – bid over an opponent’s bid when one’s partner has not bid or doubledoverbid – to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,preempt – make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
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call – give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
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call – indicate a decision in regard to; “call balls and strikes behind the plate”athletics, sport – an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competitioncall – declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; “call a runner out”indicate – to state or express briefly; “indicated his wishes in a letter”
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call – make a prediction about; tell in advance; “Call the outcome of an election”read – interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; “She read the sky and predicted rain”; “I can’t read his strange behavior”; “The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball”hazard, guess, venture, pretend – put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; “I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again”; “I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong”augur – predict from an omenbet, wager – maintain with or as if with a bet; “I bet she will be there!”
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call – require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; “Call a bond”expect, require, ask – consider obligatory; request and expect; “We require our secretary to be on time”; “Aren’t we asking too much of these children?”; “I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons”call in, call – demand payment of (a loan); “Call a loan”
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call – challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; “He deserves to be called on that”call – challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; “call the speaker on a question of fact”
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call – declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; “call a runner out”adjudge, declare, hold – declare to be; “She was declared incompetent”; “judge held that the defendant was innocent”call – indicate a decision in regard to; “call balls and strikes behind the plate”
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call – lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; “Call ducks”entice, lure, tempt – provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; “He lured me into temptation”call – utter a characteristic note or cry; “bluejays called to one another”
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call – order or request or give a command for; “The unions called a general strike for Sunday”order – make a request for something; “Order me some flowers”; “order a work stoppage”
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call – 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”request – ask (a person) to do something; “She asked him to be here at noon”; “I requested that she type the entire manuscript”send for, call – order, request, or command to come; “She was called into the director’s office”; “Call the police!”
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call – utter in a loud voice or announce; “He called my name”; “The auctioneer called the bids”let loose, let out, utter, emit – express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); “She let out a big heavy sigh”; “He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand”
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call – challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; “call the speaker on a question of fact”call – challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; “He deserves to be called on that”
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call – consider or regard as being; “I would not call her beautiful”consider, regard, view, reckon, see – deem to be; “She views this quite differently from me”; “I consider her to be shallow”; “I don’t see the situation quite as negatively as you do”call – 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”
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call – rouse somebody from sleep with a call; “I was called at 5 A.M. this morning”
