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Call
verb (past & past part. called; pres. part. calling) 1.Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to. Synonym: name. "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" 2.Ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality. "She called her children lazy and ungrateful" 3.Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone. Synonyms: call up, phone, ring, telephone. "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" 5.Order, request, or command to come. Synonym: send for. "Call the police!" 7.Call a meeting; invite or command to meet. "The new dean calls meetings every week" 8.Read aloud to check for omissions or absentees. 9.Send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message. "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling" 10.Utter a characteristic note or cry. 11.Stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather. 12.Greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name. Synonym: address. "Call me Mister" , "She calls him by first name" 13.Make a stop in a harbour. 14.Demand payment of (a loan). Synonym: call in. 15.Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands. Synonym: bid. 16.Give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance. Synonym: call off. 17.Indicate a decision in regard to. 19.Require the presentation of for redemption before maturation. 20.Challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense. 21.Declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee. 22.Lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal. 23.Order or request or give a command for. 24.Order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role. "They called him to active military duty" 25.Utter in a loud voice or announce. "The auctioneer called the bids" 26.Challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of. 27.Consider or regard as being. 28.Rouse somebody from sleep with a call. noun 1.A telephone connection. Synonyms: phone call, telephone call. "He placed a phone call to London" , "He heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call" 2.A special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course. 4.A demand especially in the phrase. Synonym: claim. 6.A brief social visit. "The characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence" 7.A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement. Synonym: margin call. 8.A demand for a show of hands in a card game. 9.A request. "Not many calls for buggywhips" 10.An instruction that interrupts the program being executed. 11.A visit in an official or professional capacity. "The salesman's call on a customer" 12.(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee. 13.The option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date. Synonym: call option.
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