Call

Meaning of Call

noun
  1. A telephone conversation.
    I received several calls today.
  2. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
    I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.
  3. A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
    The ship made a call at Southampton.
  4. A cry or shout.
    He heard a call from the other side of the room.
  5. A decision or judgement.
    That was a good call.
  6. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
    That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
  7. A beckoning or summoning.
    I had to yield to the call of the wild.
  8. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
    I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.
  9. An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
  10. The act of calling to the other batsman.
  11. The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
  12. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
  13. The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
  14. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
    There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.
  15. The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
  16. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
  17. A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
  18. A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
  19. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
  20. Vocation; employment; calling.
  21. 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. (prostitution) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
verb
  1. (heading) To use one's voice.
  2. (heading) To visit.
  3. (heading) To name, identify or describe.
  4. (heading) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
  5. (sometimes with for) To require, demand.
    He felt called to help the old man.
  6. To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
  7. To demand repayment of a loan.
  8. To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
    A recursive function is one that calls itself.

Information about Call

Hyphenation of Call

Call

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • Call is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Call synonyms

Meaning cry:

cry, outcry, yell, shout, vociferation

Meaning claim:

claim

Meaning birdcall:

birdcall, birdsong, song

Meaning name:

name

Meaning telephone:

telephone, phone, ring

Meaning shout:

shout, cry, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall

Meaning visit:

visit

Meaning predict:

predict, foretell, prognosticate, forebode, anticipate, promise

Meaning address:

address

Meaning bid:

bid

Meaning :

designate, dub, augur

Words that rhyme with Call

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