Definition

1. Noun:
   • A signal to get up in the morning: A sound, such as a bugle call or drumbeat, used to wake people, especially soldiers, at daybreak.
   • (Military) A wake-up signal: Specifically, the first military formation of the day, signaled by a bugle call or drum, marking the official start of the day's duties.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The sound of reveille echoed across the camp at dawn.
  • Every soldier must be out of bed and ready for inspection at reveille.

Advanced Usage

• "to sound reveille": To play or signal the reveille call.
  • The duty officer ordered the bugler to sound reveille.
• "at reveille": At the time when the reveille signal is given.
  • The entire barracks must be tidy at reveille.

Variants and Related Words

• Wake-up call (n): A signal to wake someone; can be literal (like an alarm) or figurative (an event causing realization).
  • The economic crisis served as a wake-up call for the government.
• Taps (n): The complementary bugle call played at night, signaling "lights out" or at military funerals.

Synonyms

• Morning call: A signal to wake up in the morning.
• Wake-up signal: A general term for any signal to rouse someone from sleep.

Related Phrases

• "Reveille formation": The assembly of troops that takes place immediately after the reveille call.
  • The sergeant took roll call at the reveille formation.
• "Reveille and Retreat": Refers to the two daily ceremonies (morning and evening) observed on many military installations.

Related Idioms

• "Before reveille": Very early in the morning, before the official start of the day.
  • We had to pack our gear before reveille.
• "Answer the call of reveille": To get up promptly when the reveille signal is given.
  • A good soldier always answers the call of reveille.

Noun

1. a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise
2. (military) signal to wake up