call
call is a 4-letter English word with 67 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
- transitive verb. To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church.
- transitive verb. To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
- transitive verb. To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.
- transitive verb. To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.
- transitive verb. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work.
- transitive verb. To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of.
- transitive verb. To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company.
- transitive verb. To invoke; to appeal to.
- transitive verb. To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
- intransitive verb. To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to.
- intransitive verb. To make a demand, requirement, or request.
- intransitive verb. To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders.
- noun. The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call.
- noun. A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty.
- noun. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
- noun. A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.
- noun. A divine vocation or summons.
- noun. Vocation; employment.
- noun. A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.
- noun. A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.
- noun. A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.
- noun. The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
- noun. A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
- noun. The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on.
- noun. See Assessment, 4.
- noun. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- noun. (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
"he was ejected for protesting the call"
- noun. a visit in an official or professional capacity
"the pastor's calls on his parishioners"
"the salesman's call on a customer"
- noun. 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"
- noun. a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
"he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"
- noun. a telephone connection
"she reported several anonymous calls"
"he placed a phone call to London"
- noun. an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
"Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"
- noun. the characteristic sound produced by a bird
"a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
- noun. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
"the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
- noun. a request
"many calls for Christmas stories"
"not many calls for buggywhips"
- noun. a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
- noun. a demand for a show of hands in a card game
"after two raises there was a call"
- noun. a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
- verb. rouse somebody from sleep with a call
"I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"
- verb. consider or regard as being
"I would not call her beautiful"
- verb. challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
"call the speaker on a question of fact"
- verb. utter in a loud voice or announce
"He called my name"
"The auctioneer called the bids"
- verb. 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"
- verb. order or request or give a command for
"The unions called a general strike for Sunday"
- verb. lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
"Call ducks"
- verb. 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"
- verb. order, request, or command to come
"She was called into the director's office"
"Call the police!"
- verb. declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
"call a runner out"
- verb. challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
"He deserves to be called on that"
- verb. require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
"Call a bond"
- verb. 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"
- verb. make a prediction about; tell in advance
"Call the outcome of an election"
- verb. 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"
- verb. utter a characteristic note or cry
"bluejays called to one another"
- verb. assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
"They named their son David"
"The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
- verb. 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"
- verb. read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
"Call roll"
- verb. indicate a decision in regard to
"call balls and strikes behind the plate"
- verb. give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
- verb. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
"He called his trump"
- verb. demand payment of (a loan)
"Call a loan"
- verb. 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"
- verb. pay a brief visit
"The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
- verb. make a stop in a harbour
"The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow"
- verb. greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
"He always addresses me with `Sir'"
"Call me Mister"
- verb. stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
"call a football game"
Synonyms
birdcall, birdsong, song, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell, claim, phone, ring, telephone, holler, hollo, scream, squall, anticipate, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise, name, bid
Common word forms
calls, called, caller, calles, calling, callous, callable
Words from these letters
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