call
Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to.
Greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name.
“She calls him by first name”
Demand payment of (a loan).
Give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance.
Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.
“I tried to call you all night”
“Take two aspirin and call me in the morning”
Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands.
“He called his trump”
Make a prediction about; tell in advance.
Ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality.
“He called me a bastard”
“She called her children lazy and ungrateful”
Call a meeting; invite or command to meet.
“The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'”
“The new dean calls meetings every week”
Challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense.
“He deserves to be called on that”
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”
Declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee.
“call a runner out”
Indicate a decision in regard to.
“call balls and strikes behind the plate”
Order, request, or command to come.
“She was called into the director's office”
Lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal.
Make a stop in a harbour.
“The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow”
Order or request or give a command for.
“The unions called a general strike for Sunday”
Order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role.
“He was already called 4 times for jury duty”
“They called him to active military duty”
Read aloud to check for omissions or absentees.
Require the presentation of for redemption before maturation.
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 characteristic sound produced by a bird.
A brief social visit.
“senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers”
“the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence”
A demand for a show of hands in a card game.
“after two raises there was a call”
An instruction that interrupts the program being executed.
“Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed”
A request.
“many calls for Christmas stories”
“not many calls for buggywhips”
A special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course.
A visit in an official or professional capacity.
“the pastor's calls on his parishioners”
“the salesman's call on a customer”