Call

/kɔːl/ · verb

Meaning

(heading) To reach out with one's voice..

Definitions by Sense

1. (heading) To reach out with one's voice.
2. (heading, intransitive) To visit.
3. (heading) To name, identify, or describe.
4. (heading) To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
5. (heading, sports) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
6. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
7. (transitive, with into) To cause to be verbally subjected to.
8. (transitive, colloquial) To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.

Example Sentences

He felt called to help the old man.

The basis for his conclusion was called into doubt

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.

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]

A recursive function is one that calls itself.

He heard a call from the other side of the room.

That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.

Synonyms for call

Antonyms for call

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Word Forms

• calls
• calling
• called
• call'd
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• call
• callest
• calledst
• calleth
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