Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To retrieve from personal or computer memory.

    abrufen

  2. (transitive)To summon (someone) to report for military service.

    einberufen

  3. (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

  4. (idiomatic, transitive)To call on the telephone.

    anrufen, anklingeln, anläuten

    call to arms; of military personnel

Examples

142 sentences
  1. I'll call you up this evening.

    Я тобі зателефоную ввечорі.

    ruЯ позвоню тебе сегодня вечером.

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  2. Why didn't you call me up?

    Чому ти мені не зателефонував?

    ruПочему ты мне не позвонил?

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  3. She called me up from Tokyo.

    Вона зателефонувала мені з Токіо.

    ruОна позвонила мне из Токио.

    deSie hat mich aus Tokio angerufen.

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  4. Tom called up his friend Mary.

    Том зателефонував своїй подрузі Мері.

    ruТом позвонил своей подруге Мэри.

    deTom rief seine Freundin Mary an.

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  5. 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.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to retrieve from memory:
to summon for military service:
to select:
to call on telephone:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personscalled up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill call up

Phrasal verbs

14 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

16 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcommandeer
Derivedcall-up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
call up — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto