call

1. verb

1)

'Wait for me!' she called

Syn:

cry out, shout, yell, sing out, chant, exclaim; informal holler

2)

Mum called me in the morning

Syn:

wake (up), awaken, rouse; Brit.; informal knock up

3)

I'll call you tomorrow

Syn:

phone, telephone, give someone a call; Brit. ring (up), give someone a ring; informal call up; Brit.; informal give someone a bell, get someone on the blower; N.Amer.; informal get someone on the horn

4)

Rose called a taxi

Syn:

summon, send for, order

5)

he called at Ashgrove Cottage

Syn:

pay a visit to, visit, call/drop/look in on, drop/stop by, pop into, nip over to

6)

the prime minister called a meeting

Syn:

convene, summon, assemble

7)

they called their daughter Hannah

Syn:

name, christen, baptize, designate, style, term, dub

8)

I would call him a friend

Syn:

describe as, regard as, look on as, think of as, consider to be

2. noun

1)

I heard calls from the auditorium

Syn:

cry, shout, yell, chant, exclamation; informal holler

2)

the call of the barn owl

Syn:

cry, song

3)

I'll give you a call tomorrow

Syn:

phone call, telephone call; Brit. ring; informal buzz; Brit.; informal bell

4)

a call for party unity

Syn:

appeal, request, plea

5)

there's no call for that kind of language

Syn:

need, necessity, reason, justification, excuse

6)

there's no call for expensive wine here

Syn:

demand, desire, market

7)

the call of the Cairngorms

Syn:

attraction, appeal, lure, allure, pull, draw

Phrases:

call for

call something off

call someone up