call

A1
Pronunciation
/kɔːɫ/
/kɔl/
/kɑɫ/
Noun
22 definition(s)
1 Definition

A telephone conversation.

Example Sentences
  • I received several calls today.
2 Definition

A short visit, usually for social purposes.

Example Sentences
  • I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.
3 Definition

A visit by a ship or boat to a port.

Example Sentences
  • The ship made a call at Southampton.
4 Definition

A cry or shout.

Example Sentences
  • He heard a call from the other side of the room.
5 Definition

A decision or judgement.

Example Sentences
  • That was a good call.
6 Definition

The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.

Example Sentences
  • That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
7 Definition

A beckoning or summoning.

Example Sentences
  • I had to yield to the call of the wild.
8 Definition

The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.

Example Sentences
  • I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.
9 Definition

An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.

10 Definition

The act of calling to the other batsman.

11 Definition

The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)

12 Definition

A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).

13 Definition

The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.

14 Definition

A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.

Example Sentences
  • There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.
15 Definition

The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.

16 Definition

A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.

17 Definition

A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.

18 Definition

A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.

19 Definition

An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.

20 Definition

Vocation; employment; calling.

21 Definition

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.

22 Definition

(prostitution) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.

Verb
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

(heading) To use one's voice.

2 Definition

(heading) To visit.

3 Definition

(heading) To name, identify or describe.

4 Definition

(heading) Direct or indirect use of the voice.

5 Definition

(sometimes with for) To require, demand.

Example Sentences
  • He felt called to help the old man.
6 Definition

To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.

7 Definition

To demand repayment of a loan.

8 Definition

To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.

Example Sentences
  • A recursive function is one that calls itself.