call up
To retrieve from personal or computer memoryTo retrieve from personal or computer memory.
» I'll call you up this evening.
Я позвоню тебе сегодня вечером.
Я тобі зателефоную ввечорі.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To retrieve from personal or computer memory.
abrufen
(transitive)To summon (someone) to report for military service.
einberufen
(transitive)To select e.g. to a sports squad.
Dean Ashton was called up to the England squad for the first time.
aufstellen, auswählen, einberufen
(idiomatic, transitive)To call on the telephone.
anrufen, anklingeln, anläuten
call to arms; of military personnel
Examples
142 sentencesI'll call you up this evening.
Я тобі зателефоную ввечорі.
ruЯ позвоню тебе сегодня вечером.
Why didn't you call me up?
Чому ти мені не зателефонував?
ruПочему ты мне не позвонил?
She called me up from Tokyo.
Вона зателефонувала мені з Токіо.
ruОна позвонила мне из Токио.
deSie hat mich aus Tokio angerufen.
Tom called up his friend Mary.
Том зателефонував своїй подрузі Мері.
ruТом позвонил своей подруге Мэри.
deTom rief seine Freundin Mary an.
He called me up almost every day.
Він телефонував мені майже щодня.
ruОн звонил мне почти каждый день.
deEr hat mich fast jeden Tag angerufen.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 4
Forms
calls up, calling up, called up, called up| Base form | call up · to call up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | calls up |
| Present participle | calling up |
| Past simple | called up |
| Past participle | called up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
14 phrasal verbs- call upдумати, мислитиTo retrieve from personal or computer memory.
- call offвідкликати, відмінятиTo recall; to cancel or call a halt to.
- call outзнімати плату, покладати відповідальністьTo specify, especially in detail.
- call onвідвідати, відвідуватиTo visit (a person); to pay a call to.
- call inвідкликати, згадуватиTo communicate with a base etc, by telephone.
- call downзібрати, збиратиTo lower (a price, value) by official proclamation.
- call backпередзвонити, передзвонюватиTo request someone's return; to bring back or restore; to recall.
- call forпотребуватиTo shout out in order to summon (a person).
More 6
- call overTo ask (someone) to come to one's location, especially when raising one's voice towards someone within earshot.
- call awayTo summon; to cause to depart.
- call aroundTo make several phone calls, usually for the purpose of locating an item, comparing prices or inquiring about a topic.
- call toTo tempt (someone or something); to beckon; to be difficult to resist.
- call aheadSynonym of phone ahead.
- call roundTo pay a short visit.
Synonyms
16 synonyms- bring forward for consideration:bring forward
- call to arms; of military personnel:mobilizemobiliserally
- cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively:summon
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone:calltelephonephonering
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection:rememberretrieverecallcall backrecollectthink
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb