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  1. transitive verb To say in a loud voice; announce: called my name from across the street; calling out numbers.
  2. transitive verb To demand or ask for the presence of: called the children to dinner; call the police.
  3. transitive verb To demand or ask for a meeting of; convene or convoke: call the legislature into session.
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  • You make the call, and in your heart of hearts, you know that the call is an easy one. —  tell No one
  • And once a call was answered by the Mexican operator, the hapless U.S. customer could count on being billed a minimum of four dollars for the call despite the fact that it had gone no farther than a less than helpful Spanish-language recorded message. —  Paradise Lost
  • Marguerite straightened as her call was answered and placed her order, requesting that it come directly to her door, not the sitting room door, then hung up and stood to walk to the window. —  Lynsay Sands - [Argeneau 09] - Vampire, Interrupted
  • Sellitto made a phone call, cocked his head as the call was answered. —  The Bone Collector
  • Beyond that, most of the call was around the principles for TV Everywhere, which are: —  GigaOM Network
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message ·  cry ·  report ·  voice ·  service ·  need ·  visit ·  plan ·  talk ·  answer ·  song ·  signal

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call:   Call ·  calling ·  called ·  calls
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English callen, probably from Old Norse kalla; see gal- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also cal, calle, from Middle English callen, kallen, from Anglo-Saxon ceallian (rare), call, = OFries. kella, kaltia, speak, = Middle Dutch kallen, speak, say, talk, Dutch kallen, talk, chatter, = Middle Low German kallen, speak, talk, call, = Old High German challōn, Middle High German kallen, speak loudly, talk, = Icelandic kalla, say, call, name, = Swedish kalla = Danish kalde, call, = Latin garrire, talk (see garrulous), = Greek γηρύειν, Doric γαρύεν, speak, proclaim, = Sanskrit √ gar, singular Not connected with L. calare = Greek καλεῑν, call: see calends.
  2. from call, v.; Middle English cal = Icelandic kall.
 

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