• Noun: a telephone connection; examples: "she reported several anonymous calls", "he placed a phone call to London", "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"
• Noun: a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; example: "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"
• Noun: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; example: "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
• Noun: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
• Noun: the characteristic sound produced by a bird; example: "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
• Noun: a brief social visit; examples: "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers", "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence"
• Noun: a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
• Noun: a demand for a show of hands in a card game; example: "after two raises there was a call"
• Noun: a request; examples: "many calls for Christmas stories", "not many calls for buggywhips"
• Noun: an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; example: "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"
• Noun: a visit in an official or professional capacity; examples: "the pastor's visits to his parishioners", "a visit to a dentist", "the salesman's call on a customer"
• Noun: (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; example: "he was ejected for protesting the call"
• Noun: the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
• Verb: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; examples: "They named their son David", "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
• Verb: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; examples: "I tried to call you all night", "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
• Verb: ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; examples: "He called me a bastard", "She called her children lazy and ungrateful"
• Verb: order, request, or command to come; examples: "She was called into the director's office", "Call the police!"
• Verb: utter a sudden loud cry; examples: "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle", "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
• Verb: pay a brief visit; example: "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
• Verb: call a meeting; invite or command to meet; examples: "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'", "The new dean calls meetings every week"
• Verb: order or request or give a command for; example: "The unions called a general strike for Sunday"
• Verb: order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; examples: "He was already called 4 times for jury duty", "They called him to active military duty"
• Verb: indicate a decision in regard to; example: "call balls and strikes behind the plate"
• Verb: stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; example: "call a football game"
• Verb: read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; example: "Call roll"
• Verb: send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; examples: "Hawaii is calling!", "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"
• Verb: declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; example: "call a runner out"
• Verb: utter a characteristic note or cry; example: "bluejays called to one another"
• Verb: utter in a loud voice or announce; examples: "He called my name", "The auctioneer called the bids"
• Verb: make a prediction about; tell in advance; example: "Call the outcome of an election"
• Verb: challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; example: "He deserves to be called on that"
• Verb: consider or regard as being; example: "I would not call her beautiful"
• Verb: demand payment of (a loan); example: "Call a loan"
• Verb: give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
• Verb: greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; examples: "He always addresses me with `Sir'", "Call me Mister", "She calls him by first name"
• Verb: make a stop in a harbour; example: "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow"
• Verb: make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; example: "He called his trump"
• Verb: require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; example: "Call a bond"
• Verb: lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; example: "Call ducks"
• Verb: challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; example: "call the speaker on a question of fact"
• Verb: rouse somebody from sleep with a call; example: "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"
