Call

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 See also

English

Noun

Call (plural Calls)

1. A telephone conversation.

   I received several phone calls today.

   I received several calls today.

2. A social visit.

   I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.

3. A cry or shout.

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

4. The characteristic cry of a bird.

   That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.

5. A beckoning or summoning.

   I had to yield to the call of the wild.

6. (finance): A contract to buy stock (See w:stock_option for further reading); compare put.
7. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
8. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
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Translations

A telephone conversation

Esperanto: voko Finnish: soitto (puhelinsoitto) (1) French: appel (3,5) German: Ruf m. Italian. telefonoata f

Portuguese: telefonema (1), visita (2), grito (3), canto (4), chamada (5), plantão médico (9) Slovene: klic (1,3,4,5) Turkish: çağrı

A social visit

A cry or shout

The characteristic cry of a bird

A beckoning or summoning

(finance): A contract to buy stock

Verb

to call (third-person singular simple present calls, present participle calling, simple past called, past participle called)

1. To request, summon, or beckon.

   That person is hurt, call for help!

2. To cry or shout.

   I can't see you. Call out to me so I can find you.

3. To contact by telephone.

   Why don't you call me in the morning.

4. To pay a social visit.

   We could always call on a friend.

5. To name or refer to.

   Why don't we dispense with the formalities. Please call me Al.

6. (reflexively: to be called) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.

   I'm called John.

   A very tall building is called a skyscraper.

7. (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they shoud take a run.
8. (cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions.)
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Translations

Arabic: سَ٠َّى Croatian: zvati Dutch: roepen (1), schreeuwen (2), opbellen (3), bezoeken (4), noemen (5) Esperanto: voki Finnish: kutsua (1, 6), soittaa (puhelimella) (3) Flemish: roepen German: rufen, anrufen, telefonieren Hindi: बुला (bulānā) (1) Ido: vokar Japanese: 訪問 (ほうもん / houmon)(4) Latin: vocō

Portuguese: chamar (1, 5), gritar (2), telefonar (3), visitar (4) Romanian: chema (1), striga (2), telefona, suna (3), vizita (5), numi (6) Russian: звать (5) Sanskrit: आव्हे (āvhe) Slovak: volať (1) Slovene: poklicati (1,2,3) Spanish: llamar Swahili: kuita (1,2), kupiga simu (3), kuitwa (6) Telugu: పిలుపు (pilupu) Turkish: aramak

See also

• call back
• call girl
• call in
• calling
• call of nature
• call round
• call of the wild
• call up
• cat call
• courtesy call
• phone call
• telephone call
• wake-up callang:call

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