call

utter a sudden loud cry“she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle”

utter in a loud voice or announce“He called my name”

make a prediction about; tell in advance“Call the outcome of an election”

assign a specified (usually proper) name to“They named their son David”

get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone“I tried to call you all night”

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!”

greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name“He always addresses me with ‘Sir’”

ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality“He called me a bastard”

pay a brief visit“The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens”

make a stop in a harbour“The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow”

order, request, or command to come“She was called into the director's office”

call a meeting; invite or command to meet“The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the ‘Final Solution’”

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

present for redemption before maturation“Call a bond”

order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role“He was already called 4 times for jury duty”

read aloud to check for omissions or absentees“Call roll”

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”

indicate a decision in regard to“call balls and strikes behind the plate”

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”

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”

a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition“the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience”

the characteristic sound produced by a bird“a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age”

a method of contacting a person by phone“she reported several anonymous calls”

a demand

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

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

a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course“he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call”

a brief social visit“senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers”

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”

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”

(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee“he was ejected for protesting the call”