Meaning

4 senses

  1. (UK)To announce the closing of a pub for the day.

    Let's have another pint quickly, before the landlord calls time.

    die Sperrstunde ankündigen

  2. (UK)To end something.

    The boxer is ready to call time on his long career.

    für beended erklären, beenden

  3. To call a timeout.

  4. (US)To indicate that an activity, especially the taking of a test, is complete.

Examples

70 sentences

  1. You can call me any time.

    ruЗвони мне в любое время. — afyodor

    deDu kannst mich jederzeit anrufen. — Wolf

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  2. Tom has called three times tonight.

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  3. Call me any time you want.

    ruЗвони мне, когда захочешь. — Karok

    deRuf mich gerne jederzeit an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom has called me many times.

    ruТом звонил мне много раз. — marafon

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  5. I called Tom three times yesterday.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to announce the closing of a pub:
to end something:

Forms

calls time, calling time, called time, called time
Base formcall time · to call time
3rd person singularcalls time
Present participlecalling time
Past simplecalled time
Past participlecalled time

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycall time
he, she, itcalls time

Past simpleLesson

all personscalled time

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave called time
he, she, ithas called time

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill call time

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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