Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"

the characteristic sound produced by a bird

• “a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age”

a brief social visit; wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence"

• “senior professors'”
• “the characters in Henry James'”

a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement

a demand for a show of hands in a card game

• “after two raises there was a call”

a request

• “many calls for Christmas stories”
• “not many calls for buggywhips”

an instruction that interrupts the program being executed

• “Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed”

a visit in an official or professional capacity

• “the pastor's calls on his parishioners”
• “the salesman's call on a customer”

(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee

• “he was ejected for protesting the call”

the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

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”

order, request, or command to come

• “She was called into the director's office”
• “Call the police!”

pay a brief visit

• “The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens”

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”

read aloud to check for omissions or absentees

• “Call roll”

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”

utter a characteristic note or cry

• “bluejays called to one another”

stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather

• “call a football game”

greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name

• “He always addresses me with `Sir'”
• “Call me Mister”
• “She calls him by first name”

make a stop in a harbour

• “The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow”

demand payment of (a loan)

• “Call a loan”

make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands

• “He called his trump”

give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance

indicate a decision in regard to

• “call balls and strikes behind the plate”

make a prediction about; tell in advance

• “Call the outcome of an election”

require the presentation of for redemption before maturation

• “Call a bond”

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

• “He deserves to be called on that”

declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee

• “call a runner out”

lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal

• “Call ducks”

order or request or give a command for

• “The unions called a general strike for Sunday”

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”

utter in a loud voice or announce

• “He called my name”
• “The auctioneer called the bids”

challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of

• “call the speaker on a question of fact”

consider or regard as being

• “I would not call her beautiful”

rouse somebody from sleep with a call

• “I was called at 5 A.M. this morning”