call in WordNet English dictionary

1. greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
   "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name"
   address  call 
   
2. make a prediction about; tell in advance
   "Call the outcome of an election"
   predict  foretell  prognosticate  call  forebode  anticipate  promise 
   
3. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
   "He called his trump"
   bid  call 
   
4. rouse somebody from sleep with a call
   "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"
   call 
   
5. challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
   "call the speaker on a question of fact"
   call 
   
6. consider or regard as being
   "I would not call her beautiful"
   call 
   
7. utter in a loud voice or announce
   "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids"
   call 
   
8. 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"
   call 
   
9. 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"
   call  telephone  call up  phone  ring 
   
10. assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
    "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
    name  call 
    
11. utter a characteristic note or cry
    "bluejays called to one another"
    call 
    
12. 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"
    call 
    
13. order, request, or command to come
    "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"
    call  send for 
    
14. indicate a decision in regard to
    "call balls and strikes behind the plate"
    call 
    
15. challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
    "He deserves to be called on that"
    call 
    
16. declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
    "call a runner out"
    call 
    
17. 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"
    shout  shout out  cry  call  yell  scream  holler  hollo  squall 
    
18. lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
    "Call ducks"
    call 
    
19. require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
    "Call a bond"
    call 
    
20. read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
    "Call roll"
    call 
    
21. 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"
    call 
    
22. order or request or give a command for
    "The unions called a general strike for Sunday"
    call 
    
23. give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
    call  call off 
    
24. demand payment of (a loan)
    "Call a loan"
    call  call in 
    
25. pay a brief visit
    "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
    visit  call in  call 
    
26. 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"
    call 
    
27. make a stop in a harbour
    "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow"
    call 
    
28. stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
    "call a football game"
    call 
    

1. the characteristic sound produced by a bird
   "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
   birdcall  call  birdsong  song 
   
2. (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
   "he was ejected for protesting the call"
   call 
   
3. a visit in an official or professional capacity
   "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"; "the salesman's call on a customer"
   call 
   
4. 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"
   call 
   
5. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
   call option  call 
   
6. 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"
   call  phone call  telephone call 
   
7. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
   "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
   cry  outcry  call  yell  shout  vociferation 
   
8. a request
   "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"
   call 
   
9. a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
   call  claim 
   
10. a demand for a show of hands in a card game
    "after two raises there was a call"
    call 
    
11. an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
    "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"
    call 
    
12. a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
    margin call  call