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call C0037600 (kôl)v. called, call·ing, calls v.tr.1. To say in a loud voice; announce: called my name from across the street; calling out numbers.2. To demand or ask for the presence of: called the children to dinner; call the police.3. To demand or ask for a meeting of; convene or convoke: call the legislature into session.4. To order or request to undertake a particular activity or work; summon: She was called for jury duty. He was called to the priesthood.5. To give the command for; order: call a work stoppage.6. a. To communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: called me at nine.b. To dial (a telephone number): call 911 for help.7. To lure (prey) by imitating the characteristic cry of an animal: call ducks.8. To cause to come to the mind or to attention: a story that calls to mind an incident in my youth.9. To name: What will you call the baby?10. To consider or regard as being of a particular type or kind; characterize: Let's call the game a draw. I'd hardly call him a good manager.11. To designate; label: Nobody calls me a liar.12. a. To demand payment of: call a loan.b. To require the presentation of (a bond) for redemption before maturity.c. To force the sale of (a stock or commodity) by exercising a call option.13. Sports a. To stop or postpone (a game) because of bad weather, darkness, or other adverse conditions.b. To declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee: call a runner out; call a penalty for holding.c. To indicate a decision in regard to: calling balls and strikes; called a close play at home plate.d. To give the orders or signals for: a quarterback who called a poor play.14. Games a. To describe the intended outcome of (one's billiard shot) before playing.b. In poker, to place a bet equal to (the preceding bet or bettor).15. To indicate or characterize accurately in advance; predict: It is often difficult to call the outcome of an election. See Synonyms at predict.16. To challenge the truthfulness or genuineness of: called the debater on a question of fact.17. To shout directions in rhythm for (a square dance).v.intr.1. a. To speak loudly; shout: a swimmer who was calling for help.b. To utter a characteristic cry. Used of an animal: geese calling in the early morning.2. To communicate or try to communicate with someone by telephone: I called twice, but no one answered.3. To pay a short visit: We called to pay our respects. He called on the neighbors but they weren't home.4. Games In poker, to place a bet equal to the preceding bet.n.1. A loud cry; a shout.2. a. The characteristic cry of an animal.b. A sound or an instrument made to imitate such a cry, used as a lure: a moose call.3. A telephone communication or connection.4. Need or occasion: There was no call for an apology.5. Demand: There isn't much call for buggy whips today.6. A claim on a person's time or life: the call of duty.7. A short visit, especially one made as a formality or for business or professional purposes.8. A summons or invitation.9. a. A signal, such as that made by a horn or bell.b. The sounding of a horn to encourage hounds during a hunt.10. a. A strong inner urge or prompting; a vocation: a call to the priesthood.b. The strong attraction or appeal of a given activity or environment: the call of the wild; answered the call of the desert.11. A roll call.12. A notice of rehearsal times posted in a theater.13. Sports a. A decision made by an umpire or referee.b. An announced description of a game or race, as by a sportscaster.14. A direction or series of directions rhythmically called out to square dancers.15. a. A demand for payment of a debt.b. A demand to submit bonds to the issuer for redemption before the maturity date.c. An option to buy a certain quantity of a stock or commodity for a specified price within a specified time.d. A demand for payment due on stock bought on margin when the value has shrunk.Phrasal Verbs: call back1. To communicate the need for (someone) to return from one situation or location to a previous one: Management called the laid-off workers back.2. To request (someone) to come in for an audition after an initial audition: The director auditioned six singers for the part and called two back.3. To telephone or radio (a person) who has called previously: I called her back at noon.4. To recall (a defective product) for repair: The company has called back all such models built in 1990. call down1. To find fault with; reprimand: The teacher called me down for disobedience.2. To invoke, as from heaven. call for1. To appear, as on someone else's premises, in order to get: My chauffeur will call for you at seven.2. To be an appropriate occasion for: This news calls for champagne.3. To require; demand: work that calls for patience. call forth To evoke; elicit: a love song that calls forth sad memories. call in1. To take out of circulation: calling in silver dollars.2. To summon for assistance or consultation: call in a specialist.3. To communicate with another by telephone: Has the boss called in today? call off1. To cancel or postpone: call off a trip; called the trip off.2. To restrain or recall: Call off your dogs. call on To order or request to undertake a particular activity: called on our friends to help. call out1. To order or request to assemble or arrive somewhere; summon: call out the guard.2. To challenge to a duel.3. To set off or direct attention to, as in being commendable or of interest: The article calls out the new features of the software in a sidebar. call up1. To summon to active military service: called up reserve troops for active duty.2. To cause one to remember; bring to mind: stories that call up old times.3. To bring forth for action or discussion; raise. call upon1. To order; require: I call upon you to tell the truth.2. To make a demand or a series of demands on: Social institutions are now being called upon to provide assistance to the homeless.Idioms: call in/into question To raise doubts about. call it a day Informal To stop what one has been doing, for the remainder of the day or at least for the present. call it a night Informal To stop what one has been doing, for the remainder of the night. call it quits Informal To stop working or trying; quit. call names To speak to or about another in offensive terms. call of nature A need to urinate or defecate. Often used with answer: He left the room to answer the call of nature. call (someone's) bluff To demand proof for or respond in a challenging way to the claims or threats of another that one presumes to be false. call the shots/tune Informal To exercise authority; be in charge. on call1. Available when summoned for service or use: physicians who were on call for 48 hours.2. Subject to payment on demand. within call Close enough to come if summoned: The nurse is within call if you need him. [Middle English callen, probably from Old Norse kalla; see gal- in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: call, assemble, convene, convoke, muster, summon These verbs mean to demand or request to appear, come, or gather: called a meeting; assembled the troops; convened a panel of experts; will convoke the legislature; mustering the militia; summoned a group of investors.Our Living Language African American Vernacular English uses call oneself with a present participle, as in They call themselves dancing, to express the idea that the people being talked about are not very good at what they're doing (in this case, dancing), even though they may think they are. This construction has a structure and meaning similar to the Standard English use of call oneself with a noun phrase or adjective, as in He calls himself a dancer or She calls herself intelligent.ThesaurusVerb | 1. | call for - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"request, bespeak, questcommunicate, pass along, put across, pass on, pass - transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"order - make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"ask - make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan"encore - request an encore, from a performerpetition - write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writingdemand - request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager"appeal, invoke - request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"supplicate - ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer; "supplicate God's blessing"apply - ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"solicit, beg, tap - make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"reserve - obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"challenge - ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"beg off, excuse - ask for permission to be released from an engagementdemand - ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation"claim - ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"call for, invite - request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"ask in, invite - ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"desire - express a desire forbeg - ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"arrogate, lay claim, claim - demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"ask over, ask round, invite - invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"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"ask out, invite out, take out - make a date; "Has he asked you out yet?"book, reserve, hold - arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's" | | 2. | call for - require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"necessitate, need, require, demand, postulate, involve, ask, takeexact, claim, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"draw - require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches"cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job"cry for, cry out for - need badly or desperately; "This question cries out for an answer"compel - necessitate or exact; "the water shortage compels conservation" | | 3. | call for - request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"invitecall 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" | | 4. | call for - gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"gather up, pick up, collectacquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
callverb1. To speak or say very loudly or with a shout:bawl, bellow, bluster, clamor, cry, halloo, holler, roar, shout, vociferate, whoop, yawp, yell.2. To demand to appear, come, or assemble:convene, convoke, muster, send for, summon.3. To bring together:assemble, cluster, collect, congregate, convene, convoke, gather, get together, group, muster, round up, summon.4. To give a name or title to:baptize, christen, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, name, style, term, title.5. To describe with a word or term:characterize, designate, label, name, style, tag, term.6. To communicate with (someone) by telephone:buzz, ring, telephone.Informal: dial, phone.Idioms: get someone on the horn, give someone a buzz.7. To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize:come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, stop (by or in), visit.Idiom: pay a visit.8. To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference:forecast, foretell, predict, prognosticate, project.phrasal verb call downTo criticize for a fault or an offense:admonish, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid.Informal: bawl out, lambaste.Slang: chew out.Idioms: bring to task, call on the carpet, haul over the coals, let someone have it.phrasal verb call for1. To be a proper or sufficient occasion for:justify, occasion, warrant.2. To have as a need or prerequisite:ask, demand, entail, involve, necessitate, require, take.3. To ask for urgently or insistently:claim, demand, exact, insist on (or upon), require, requisition.Idiom: cry out for.phrasal verb call offTo decide not to go ahead with (something previously arranged):cancel.Slang: scratch, scrub.noun1. A loud cry:halloo, holler, shout, yell.2. A telephone communication:buzz, ring.3. That which provides a reason or justification:cause, ground (often used in plural), justification, necessity, occasion, reason, wherefore, why.Idiom: why and wherefore.4. The act of demanding:claim, cry, demand, exaction, requisition.5. An act or an instance of going or coming to see another:look-in, visit, visitation.6. The power or quality of attracting:allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charisma, charm, draw, enchantment, enticement, fascination, glamour, lure, magnetism, witchery.Informal: pull.Translationscall (koːl) verb1. to give a name to. My name is Alexander but I'm called Sandy by my friends 稱呼 称呼2. to regard (something) as. I saw you turn that card over – I call that cheating. 認爲 认为3. to speak loudly (to someone) to attract attention etc. Call everyone over here; She called louder so as to get his attention. 大聲呼叫(以引起注意) 大声呼叫4. to summon; to ask (someone) to come (by letter, telephone etc). They called him for an interview for the job; He called a doctor. 召喚 召唤5. to make a visit. I shall call at your house this evening; You were out when I called. 訪問 访问6. to telephone. I'll call you at 6 p.m. 打電話給... 打电话给...7. (in card games) to bid. 叫牌 叫牌 noun1. an exclamation or shout. a call for help. 呼叫 呼叫2. the song of a bird. the call of a blackbird. (鳥的)叫聲 (鸟的)叫声 3. a (usually short) visit. The teacher made a call on the boy's parents. (短暫)拜訪 拜访4. the act of calling on the telephone. I've just had a call from the police. 通電話 通电话5. (usually with the) attraction. the call of the sea. 吸引力 吸引力6. a demand. There's less call for coachmen nowadays. 要求 要求7. a need or reason. You've no call to say such things! 理由,需要 理由,需要 ˈcaller noun 來訪者,致電者 访问者,打电话者 ˈcalling noun a trade or profession. Teaching is a worthwhile calling. 行業,職業 职业ˈcall-box noun a public telephone box. 公共電話亭 公共电话亭call for1. to demand or require. This calls for quick action. 要求 要求2. to collect. I'll call for you at eight o'clock. 接(人) 去接(某人) call off to cancel. The party's been called off. 取消 取消call on1. to visit. I'll call on him tomorrow. 訪問 访问2. to ask someone to speak at a meeting etc. 邀請致辭等 邀请讲话等3. to ask someone publicly to something. We call on both sides to stop the fighting. 呼籲 呼吁call up to telephone (someone). He called me up from the airport. 給...打電話 给...打电话give (someone) a call to telephone (someone). I'll give you a call tomorrow. 給(某人)打電話 打电话on call keeping (oneself) ready to come out to an emergency. Which of the doctors is on call tonight? 待命的 待命的call for
call for (someone or something)1. To call a place by phone specifically to talk to one who lives or works there (depending on the context). Honey, a boy named John called for you while you were at tennis practice this afternoon. I'm calling for Mr. Crane—is he in the office today?2. To yell to another person or with a particular request. I called for my dad when I noticed the leak in the dining room ceiling. Do you hear someone calling for help?3. To require something. Well, the recipe calls for four eggs, and I only have two, so I guess I'm going to the store.4. To ask one to come to a particular place. I knew about the public outcry against my article, so I was not surprised when the editor called for me.5. To pick one up for transport, as of a car service. Your flight is at 6 AM, so the driver will call for you at 4.6. To predict something. Take an umbrella with you—the forecast is calling for rain this afternoon.7. To be a fitting or appropriate time, occasion, or reason to do something. Celebrating an engagement calls for champagne!See also: callcall for someone or something 1. to need, require, or demand something or the services of someone. The recipe calls for two cups of flour. This job calls for someone with experience. 2. to arrive to collect or pick up a person or a thing. (Used especially when you are to pick someone up and are acting as an escort.) I will call for you about eight this evening. The messenger will call for your reply in the morning. 3. to shout for or request someone or something. I called for Ted, but he didn't hear me. I stood on the porch and called for the dog.See also: callcall for1. Go to get someone or something, as in John said he'd call for Mary at eight, or Someone's at the door, calling for the package. [First half of 1600s] 2. Summon someone or something. For example, The audience called for the playwright, or The judge called for the verdict. [First half of 1500s] 3. Require, demand, as in This job calls for a lot of patience. [First half of 1700s] Also see no call for; uncalled for. See also: callcall forv.1. To summon or request someone or something: As I neared home, I could hear my mother calling for me.2. To require or demand something: The recent surge in crime calls for a strong community response.3. To be an appropriate occasion for something: This happy news calls for champagne.4. To come to pick someone up: The driver will call for you at 7:00.5. To say that something is likely to occur: The weather forecast calls for clouds and rain.See also: callEncyclopediaSeecallFinancialSeeCallcall for Related to call for: call for fireSynonyms for call forverb express the need or desire forSynonymsRelated Words- communicate
- pass along
- put across
- pass on
- pass
- order
- ask
- encore
- petition
- demand
- appeal
- invoke
- supplicate
- apply
- solicit
- beg
- tap
- reserve
- challenge
- beg off
- excuse
- claim
- call for
- invite
- ask in
- desire
- arrogate
- lay claim
- ask over
- ask round
- call
- ask out
- invite out
- take out
- book
- hold
verb require as useful, just, or properSynonyms- necessitate
- need
- require
- demand
- postulate
- involve
- ask
- take
Related Words- exact
- claim
- take
- govern
- draw
- cost
- cry for
- cry out for
- compel
verb request the participation or presence ofSynonymsRelated Words- call for
- request
- bespeak
- quest
verb gather or collectSynonymsRelated Words |