call

Noun

• the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

• (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
  • he was ejected for protesting the call
    

• a visit in an official or professional capacity
  • the pastor's calls on his parishioners
    
  • the salesman's call on a customer
    

• an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
  • Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed
    

• a request
  • many calls for Christmas stories
    
  • not many calls for buggywhips
    

• a demand for a show of hands in a card game
  • after two raises there was a call
    

• a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement

• a brief social visit
  • 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
    

• the characteristic sound produced by a bird
  • a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age
    

• a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"

• a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
  • the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
    

• a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
  • he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call
    

• a telephone connection
  • 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
    

Verb

• rouse somebody from sleep with a call
  • I was called at 5 A.M. this morning
    

• consider or regard as being
  • I would not call her beautiful
    

• challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
  • call the speaker on a question of fact
    

• utter in a loud voice or announce
  • He called my name
    
  • The auctioneer called the bids
    

• order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
  • He was already called 4 times for jury duty
    
  • They called him to active military duty
    

• order or request or give a command for
  • The unions called a general strike for Sunday
    

• lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
  • Call ducks
    

• declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
  • call a runner out
    

• challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
  • He deserves to be called on that
    

• require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
  • Call a bond
    

• make a prediction about; tell in advance
  • Call the outcome of an election
    

• indicate a decision in regard to
  • call balls and strikes behind the plate
    

• give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance

• make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
  • He called his trump
    

• demand payment of (a loan)
  • Call a loan
    

• make a stop in a harbour
  • The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow
    

• greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
  • He always addresses me with `Sir'
    
  • Call me Mister
    
  • She calls him by first name
    

• stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
  • call a football game
    

• utter a characteristic note or cry
  • bluejays called to one another
    

• send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
  • Hawaii is calling!
    
  • A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling
    

• read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
  • Call roll
    

• call a meeting; invite or command to meet
  • The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'
    
  • The new dean calls meetings every week
    

• pay a brief visit
  • The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
    

• order, request, or command to come
  • She was called into the director's office
    
  • Call the police!
    

• utter a sudden loud cry
  • she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
    
  • I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
    

• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
  • I tried to call you all night
    
  • Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
    

• ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
  • He called me a bastard
    
  • She called her children lazy and ungrateful
    

• assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
  • They named their son David
    
  • The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  call option , margin call , birdcall , birdsong , song , claim , cry , outcry , yell , shout , vociferation , Call , phone call , telephone call , predict , foretell , prognosticate , forebode , anticipate , promise , call off , bid , call in , address , visit , send for , shout out , scream , holler , hollo , squ
• Antonyms: 
  put option , put