Meaning

24 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A cry or shout.

    He heard a call from the other side of the room.

    Ruf, Rufen

    крикkrik

    крикkryk

  2. (countable, uncountable)The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.

    That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.

    Ruf, Laut, Schrei

    крикkrik, го́лосgólos

    the characteristic sound produced by a bird

  3. (countable, uncountable)A beckoning or summoning.

    I had to yield to the call of the wild.

    Ruf, Lockruf

    зовzov, призы́вprizýv, кличklič

    закликzaklyk

  4. (countable, uncountable)A telephone conversation; a phone call.

    I received several phone calls today.

    I received several calls today.

    Anruf, Telefonat

    звоно́кzvonók, разгово́рrazgovór

    телефо́нна розмо́ваtelefónna rozmóva, дзвіно́кdzvinók, розмо́ваrozmóva

  5. (countable, uncountable)An instance of calling someone on the telephone.

    I made a call to Jim, but he didn’t answer.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A short visit, usually for social purposes.

    I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.

    Besuch, Stippvisite

    визи́тvizít, посеще́ниеposeščénije, прихо́дprixód

    відві́дуванняvidvíduvannja, візи́тvizýt, візи́таvizýta

    a brief social visit

  7. (countable, uncountable)A visit by a ship or boat to a port.

    The ship made a call at Southampton.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A decision or judgement.

    That was a good call.

    (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee

  9. (countable, uncountable)The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.

    The Prime Minister has the call.

    I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.

    Wort

    сло́воslóvo

  10. (countable, uncountable)The act of calling to the other batsman.

  11. (countable, uncountable)The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)

  12. (uncountable)A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.

    Notdienst, Bereitschaftsdienst

    дежу́рствоdežúrstvo

Examples

14123 sentences

  1. Could you call again later, please?

    Ти не міг біг передзвонити пізніше, будь ласка? — deniko

    ruНе могли бы вы перезвонить позже? — paul_lingvo

    deKönntest du bitte später zurückrufen? — MUIRIEL

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  2. I hope you will call again.

    Сподіваюся, ти ще зателефонуєш. — deniko

    ruНадеюсь, что вы ещё позвоните. — mrtaistoi

    deIch hoffe, du rufst wieder an. — Waldelfe

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  3. Someone seems to be calling me.

    Здається, хтось мене кличе. — deniko

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  4. Please call me at this number.

    Будь ласка, зателефонуй мені за цим номером. — deniko

    ruПозвоните мне, пожалуйста, по этому номеру. — papersaltserver

    deRuf mich bitte unter dieser Nummer an. — Tamy

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  5. What do you call this bird?

    Як називається цей птах? — aandrusiak

    ruКак называется эта птица? — ae5s

    deWie nennst du diesen Vogel? — Wolf

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 5
cry or shout:
beckoning or summoning:
telephone conversation:
social visit:
computing: act of jumping to a subprogram:
Русский
By meaning 10
cry or shout:
characteristic cry of a bird or other animal:
beckoning or summoning:
telephone conversation:
social visit:
right to speak:
type of work shift:
computing: act of jumping to a subprogram:
poker: act of matching a bet:
instrument to call birds or animals:
Deutsch
By meaning 8
cry or shout:
characteristic cry of a bird or other animal:
beckoning or summoning:
telephone conversation:
social visit:
right to speak:
type of work shift:
computing: act of jumping to a subprogram:

Origin

From Middle English callen, from Old English ċeallian (“to call, shout”) and Old Norse kal

From Middle English callen, from Old English ċeallian (“to call, shout”) and Old Norse kalla (“to call; shout; refer to as; name”); both from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną (“to call, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *golH-so- (“voice, cry”), from *gel(H)- (“to vocalize, call, shout”).

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Forms

plural: calls
Singularcall
Pluralcalls

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a method of contacting a person by phone:phone calltelephone call
  • a demand:claim
  • the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date:call option
  • the characteristic sound produced by a bird:birdcallbirdsongsong
  • a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring their margin up to the minimum requirement:margin call

Word family

131 related words
Derivedcheck-callovercallaftercallalarm callaltar callat callauction callbirdcallboatswain's callbooty callcalendar callcall birdcallboardcallbookcall boxcallboycall buttoncall-by-valuecall centercall datecall delaycall drinkcall forwardingcall girl

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • call the police
  • going to call
  • a phone call
  • call a doctor
  • call the cops
  • phone call
  • a call from
  • please call
  • call an an
  • call a taxi
  • need to call
  • call for help

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
calicocalipercaliphatecallacallerB1calligraphercalligraphy

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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