call

noun

Type of dance move
summon, perhaps to or by phone
demand
prediction, decision
act of visiting
the act of saying across a distance

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verb

To name or refer to
claim (like dibs)
to visit
to say across a distance
To request, summon, or beckon
in computing: calling of services, methods or functions
to make a phone call
demand
call someone out on something
prediction, decision
call (the shots); decide, dictate, officiate
call into question, doubt

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kɔːl/ / [kʰoɫ] / /koːl/

name

Etymology: * As an Irish surname, shortened from McCall. * As an English surname, from the noun caul (“kind of headdress or cap”). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English calwe (“bald”). * Also as an English surname, from a Middle English derivative of Latin caulae (“sheepfold”). * As a Catalan surname, from the noun call (“narrow track”), from Latin callis (“path”). Compare Calle. * As a German surname, Americanized from Koll, Goll.

A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English callen, from Old English ċeallian (“to call, shout”) and Old Norse kalla (“to call; shout; refer to as; name”); both from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną (“to call, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *golH-so- (“voice, cry”), from *gel(H)- (“to vocalize, call, shout”). Cognates * Scots call, caw, ca (“to call, cry, shout”) * Dutch kallen (“to chat, talk”) * German Low German kallen (“to speak, talk”) * German kallen (“to call”) * Swedish kalla (“to call, refer to, beckon”) * Norwegian kalle (“to call, name”) * Danish kalde (“to call, name”) * Icelandic kalla (“to call, shout, name”) * Welsh galw (“to call, demand”) * Polish głos (“voice”) * Lithuanian gal̃sas (“echo”) * Russian голос (golos, “voice”) * Albanian gjuhë (“language, tongue”).

A cry or shout.
“He heard a call from the other side of the room.”
The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
“That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.”
A beckoning or summoning.
“I had to yield to the call of the wild.”
“Dependance is a perpetual call upon humanity, and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity, than any other motive whatsoever.”
A telephone conversation; a phone call.
“I received several phone calls today.”
“I received several calls today.”
An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
“I made a call to Jim, but he didn’t answer.”
A short visit, usually for social purposes.
“I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.”
“He [...] ſeldom waits, / Dependent on the baker's punctual call, / To hear his creaking panniers at the door, / Angry and ſad and his laſt cruſt conſumed.”
A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
“The ship made a call at Southampton.”
A decision or judgement.
“That was a good call.”
“Fair call actually, because don't the girls blow up when you miss an anniversary?”
The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
“The Prime Minister has the call.”
“I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.”
Ellipsis of call option.
The act of calling to the other batsman.
The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
“page 48: “Mondays would be great, especially after a weekend of call.” page 56: “[…] I’ve got call tonight, and all weekend, but I’ll be off tomorrow to help you some.””
“I took general-surgery call at Bossier Medical Center and asked special permission to take general-medical call, which was gladly given away by the older staff members: […]. You would be surprised at how many surgical cases came out of medical call.”
The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
“There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.”
The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
Vocation; employment; calling.
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.
A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
“"They have a little network of women that watch out for each other," Morford said. That means that if one prostitute doesn't come back after going out on a call – whether it's an Internet prostitute or a streetwalker – and the other women can't get hold of her, they get scared, close up shop and won't work, Morford said.”
A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
“The work was done by two lawyers, one a 1983 call and the other a 2010 call.”
Need; necessity.
“There's no call for that kind of bad language!”
“CALL 2 need for. "There worn't noa call for nowt o't'soart."”

verb

To reach out with one's voice.
“That person is hurt; call for help!”
“So they called for Rooms; and he ſhewed them one for Christiana and her Children and Mercy, and another for Mr. Great-heart and the old Gentleman.”
To reach out with one's voice.
“"Supper's ready," called Dad from the kitchen.”
“If you heare a child crie in the night you must call to the nurſe and bid her ſtil it.”
To reach out with one's voice.
“to call the roll of a military company”
“Not ballad-ſinger plac'd above the croud, / Sings with a note ſo ſhrilling ſweet and loud, / Nor pariſh clerk who calls the pſalm ſo clear, / Like Bowzybeus ſooths th' attentive ear.”
To reach out with one's voice.
“Why don’t you call me in the morning?”
“Why don’t you call tomorrow?”
To reach out with one's voice.
“Take not away the Taper, leaue it burning: / And if thou canſt awake by foure o’th’clock, / I prythee call me: Sleepe hath ceiz’d me wholly.”
To reach out with one's voice.
“They called I Got Rhythm, and turned to me again for a solo, and I said what?”
“Jeff Castleman and Rufus Jones were in position when they went out, and he immediately called Satin Doll.”
To reach out with one's voice.
“CALL 1 scold”
To visit.
“We could always call on a friend.”
“The engineer called round whilst you were away.”
To visit.
“This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington.”
“Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour.”
To visit.
“They say your love will surely fade, girl, / When things go wrong and trouble calls.”
To name, identify, or describe.
“Why don’t we dispense with the formalities? Please call me Al.”
“Don't call me a liar.”
To name, identify, or describe.
“I’m called John.”
“A very tall building is called a skyscraper.”
To name, identify, or describe.
“They call the distance ten miles.”
“That’s enough work. Let's call it a day and go home.”
To name, identify, or describe.
“I call bullshit.”
“She called foul on their scheme.”
To name, identify, or describe.
“This ſpeech calls him Spaniard, being nothing but / A large inventory of his own commendations.”
To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
“The captains call the coin toss.”
To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
“He called twelve of the last three recessions.”
To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
““Let’s call it. Time of death, 08:45.” The respiratory therapist stopped bagging. The doctor stopped CPR. There was no heartbeat on the monitor. Michael was dead.”
“EXAMPLES: Time of death was called at 16:34(Incorrect). Time of death was called at 1634 p.m.(Incorrect). Time of death was called at 1634 hours(Correct). NOTE: Military (or 24-hour) time is not used with a.m, p.m, or o’clock. It is frequently used to state birth and death times, as well as time of day in autopsy protocols. It is customary to write the word hours after the figures.”
To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
“After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative.”
To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
“The goal was called offside.”
Direct or indirect use of the voice.
Direct or indirect use of the voice.
Direct or indirect use of the voice.
“Every shot must be called.”
Direct or indirect use of the voice.
“I bet $800 and Jane raised to $1600. My options: call (match her $1600 bet), reraise, or fold.”
Direct or indirect use of the voice.
“I’ll call your 300, and raise to 600!”
Direct or indirect use of the voice.
“My partner called two spades.”
To require, demand.
“He felt called to help the old man.”
To cause to be verbally subjected to.
“Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.”
“The basis for his conclusion was called into doubt”
To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.
“I call the comfy chair!”
“Mr. Burns: Any of these islands would make a fine new country. / Homer: I call president! / Mr. Burns: Vice president! / Smithers: [groans]”
To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
To demand repayment of a loan.
To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
“A recursive function is one that calls itself.”