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- Dictionarycall/kɔːl/
verb
- 1. give (a baby or animal) a specified name: "they called their daughter Hannah" Similar
- 2. cry out (a word or words): "he heard an insistent voice calling his name" Similar
noun
- 1. a cry made as a summons or to attract someone's attention: "a nearby fisherman heard their calls for help" Similar
- 2. the characteristic cry of a bird or other animal: "it is best distinguished by its call, a loud ‘pwit’" Similar
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CALL definition: 1. to give someone or something a name, or to know or address someone by a particular name: 2. If…. Learn more.
1. a. : to speak in a loud distinct voice so as to be heard at a distance : shout. call for help. b. : to make a request or demand. call for an investigation. c. of an animal : to utter a characteristic note or cry.
Call is the general word: to call a meeting. To invite is to ask someone courteously to come as a guest, a participant, etc., leaving the person free to refuse: to invite guests to a concert; to invite them to contribute to a fund.
If you call someone or something a particular thing, you say they are that thing. You use call followed by a noun phrase, followed by an adjective or another noun phrase. You often use this construction when you are describing someone or something in a negative way.
Definition of call verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you call something, you say it in a loud voice, because you are trying to attract someone's attention. He could hear the others downstairs in different parts of the house calling his name. [ VERB noun ]
When you call, you shout or cry out so that someone can hear you. You might call to a bicyclist who's veering dangerously into traffic. You can call to your friend across the street, or call him on the phone, and you can also call your new puppy Jack.
[countable] a request, an order or a demand for somebody to do something or to go somewhere. The government has resisted the calls of the international community. call for something calls for national unity. This is the last call for passengers travelling on British Airways flight 199 to Rome.
[intransitive, transitive] to shout or say something loudly to attract someone's attention I thought I heard someone calling. call (out) to somebody (for something) She called out to her father for help. call (something) out He called out a warning from the kitchen. call something Did someone call my name? + speech “See you later!” she called.
CALL definition: 1. to have a particular name: 2. to give someone or something a particular name: 3. to describe…. Learn more.
