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call

verb

1 “Wait for me!” she called:

cry out, cry, shout, yell, sing out, whoop, bellow, roar, halloo, bawl, scream, shriek, screech;

exclaim;

informal holler, yoo-hoo, cooee;

rare ejaculate, vociferate.

2 I got so tired, Mom had to call me at least three times every morning:

wake up, wake, awaken, waken, rouse;

informal give someone a shout;

British, informal knock up.

3 I'll call you tomorrow:

phone, telephone, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make/place a call to, get, reach;

British ring up, ring, give someone a ring;

informal call up, give someone a call, give someone a buzz, buzz;

British, informal give someone a bell, bell, give someone a tinkle, get on the blower to;

North American, informal get someone on the horn.

4 you'd better call the doctor | Rose called a taxi:

summon, send for, ask for;

order;

page.

5 British he called at Ashgrove Cottage on his way home:

pay a visit to, pay a brief visit to, visit, pay a call on, look in on;

British call in on;

informal drop in on, drop by, stop by, pop into.

6 I got a letter calling me for an interview | she intends to call a meeting of the committee early next week:

convene, summon, call together, order, assemble;

arrange, arrange a time/date for;

announce, declare;

formal convoke.

7 they called their daughter Hannah:

name;

christen, baptize;

designate, style, term, dub, label, entitle;

archaic clepe;

rare denominate;

(be called) answer to the name of, go by the name of.

8 he's the only person I would call a friend:

describe as, regard as, look on as, consider to be, judge to be, think of as, class as, categorize as.

□ call for

1 desperate times call for desperate measures:

require, need, necessitate, make necessary, demand;

be grounds for, justify, warrant, be a justification/reason for;

involve, entail.

2 I'll call for you around seven:

pick up, collect, fetch, go/come to get, come for.

□ call something into question

the safety of milk was never really called into question:

doubt, distrust, mistrust, suspect, lack confidence in, have doubts about, be suspicious of, have suspicions about, have misgivings about, feel uneasy about, feel apprehensive about, cast doubt on, query, question, challenge, dispute, have reservations about;

archaic misdoubt.

▷antonyms trust.

□ call something off

the proposed tour to Australia was called off:

cancel, abandon, shelve, scrap, drop, mothball;

informal axe, scrub, scratch, nix;

North American, informal redline.

□ call on

1 British I thought I might call on her later today:

visit, pay a visit to, pay a call on, go and see, look in on;

North American visit with, go see;

informal look up, drop in on, pop in on.

2 he called on the government to hold a plebiscite:

appeal to, ask, request, apply to, petition;

urge;

beg, implore, entreat, beseech, plead with.

3 we are able to call on academic staff with a wide variety of expertise:

have recourse to, avail oneself of, turn to, draw on, look to, make use of, use, utilize, bring into play.

□ call the shots

directors call the shots and nothing happens on set without their say-so:

be in charge, be in control, be in command, be the boss, be at the helm, be in the driving seat, be at the wheel, be in the saddle, pull the strings, hold the purse strings;

informal run the show, rule the roost;

British, informal wear the trousers.

□ call to mind

1 the still lifes call to mind Cézanne's works:

evoke, put one in mind of, recall, bring to mind, call up, summon up, conjure up;

echo, allude to.

2 I cannot call to mind where I have seen you:

remember, recall, recollect, think;

Scottish mind;

archaic bethink oneself of.

□ call someone up

1 informal Roland called me up at the crack of dawn:

phone, telephone, call, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make/place a call to, get, reach;

British ring up, ring, give someone a ring;

informal give someone a call, give someone a buzz, buzz;

British, informal give someone a bell, bell, give someone a tinkle, get on the blower to;

North American, informal get someone on the horn.

2 they have called up more than 20,000 reservists:

enlist, recruit, sign up;

conscript;

US draft.

3 he was called up from Columbus to finish the season with the Yankees:

select, pick, choose;

British cap;

informal give someone the nod.

noun

1 I heard calls of “Come on Steve” from the auditorium:

cry, shout, yell, whoop, roar, scream, shriek;

exclamation;

informal holler;

rare vociferation.

2 the call of the water rail:

cry, song, sound.

3 I'll give you a call tomorrow:

phone call, telephone call;

British ring;

informal buzz;

British, informal bell, tinkle.

4 later that day, he paid a call on Harold Shoesmith:

visit, social call.

5 the President issued a call for party unity:

appeal, request, plea, entreaty;

demand, order, command.

6 the last call for passengers on flight BA701:

summons, request.

7 there's no call for that kind of language:

need, necessity, occasion, reason, justification, grounds, excuse, pretext;

cause.

8 there's no call for expensive wine here:

demand, desire, want, requirement, need;

market.

9 walkers can't resist the call of the Cairngorms:

attraction, appeal, lure, allure, allurement, fascination, seductiveness;

magic, beauty, spell, pull, draw.

□ on call

one of the team will be on call around the clock:

on duty, on standby, standing by, ready, available.