Meaning of "call" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CALL

Old English ceallian; related to Old Norse kalla, Old High German kallōn, Old Slavonic glasǔ voice.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CALL

call  [kɔːl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CALL

Call is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb call in English.

WHAT DOES CALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Call

Call may refer to: ▪ A type of betting in poker ▪ Animal communication, a song or noise made by an animal such as: ▪ Bird call, part of a bird song ▪ A command in square dancing, delivered by a caller ▪ Call option, a term in stock trading ▪ Call on shares, a request for a further payment on partly paid share capital ▪ A shell command in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows command-line interpreters ▪ System call, in computer science, the mechanism used by an application program to request service from the operating system or another application program ▪ A method of starting a Subroutine ▪ Any bid, pass, double, or redouble made in the bidding stage of contract bridge...

Definition of call in the English dictionary

The first definition of call in the dictionary is to speak or utter loudly so as to attract attention. Other definition of call is to ask or order to come. Call is also sometimes foll by on to make a visit.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CALL

PRESENT

Present

I call

you call

he/she/it calls

we call

you call

they call

Present continuous

I am calling

you are calling

he/she/it is calling

we are calling

you are calling

they are calling

Present perfect

I have called

you have called

he/she/it has called

we have called

you have called

they have called

Present perfect continuous

I have been calling

you have been calling

he/she/it has been calling

we have been calling

you have been calling

they have been calling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I called

you called

he/she/it called

we called

you called

they called

Past continuous

I was calling

you were calling

he/she/it was calling

we were calling

you were calling

they were calling

Past perfect

I had called

you had called

he/she/it had called

we had called

you had called

they had called

Past perfect continuous

I had been calling

you had been calling

he/she/it had been calling

we had been calling

you had been calling

they had been calling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will call

you will call

he/she/it will call

we will call

you will call

they will call

Future continuous

I will be calling

you will be calling

he/she/it will be calling

we will be calling

you will be calling

they will be calling

Future perfect

I will have called

you will have called

he/she/it will have called

we will have called

you will have called

they will have called

Future perfect continuous

I will have been calling

you will have been calling

he/she/it will have been calling

we will have been calling

you will have been calling

they will have been calling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would call

you would call

he/she/it would call

we would call

you would call

they would call

Conditional continuous

I would be calling

you would be calling

he/she/it would be calling

we would be calling

you would be calling

they would be calling

Conditional perfect

I would have call

you would have call

he/she/it would have call

we would have call

you would have call

they would have call

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been calling

you would have been calling

he/she/it would have been calling

we would have been calling

you would have been calling

they would have been calling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you call
we let´s call
you call

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to call

Past participle

called

Present Participle

calling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CALL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «call» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of call

address · allure · announce · announcement · appeal · arouse · assemble · attraction · attractiveness · awaken · bell · buzz · cause · christen · claim · collect · come · command · consider · contact · convene · convoke · cry · cry out · demand · denominate · designate · draw · drop in · dub · entitle · estimate · excuse · fetch · gather · go to · grounds · hail · halloo · invitation · invite · judge · justification · label · lure · magnetism · market · muster · name · necessity · need · notice · occasion · order · page · phone · phone call · plea · proclaim · pull · rally · reason · request · requirement · ring · rouse · scream · shout · Skype · style · summon · summons · supplication · telephone · telephone call · term · think · tinkle · video call · visit · waken · whoop · yell

TRANSLATION OF CALL

Find out the translation of call to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of call from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «call» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 呼叫
• Translator English - Spanish: llamada
• English: call
• Translator English - Hindi: कॉल
• Translator English - Arabic: مُكَالَـمَة
• Translator English - Russian: звонок по телефону
• Translator English - Portuguese: chamada
• Translator English - Bengali: কল
• Translator English - French: appel
• Translator English - Malay: Panggilan
• Translator English - German: Ruf
• Translator English - Japanese: 呼び声
• Translator English - Korean: 전화
• Translator English - Javanese: Nelpon
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cuộc gọi
• Translator English - Tamil: அழைப்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: कॉल करा
• Translator English - Turkish: aramak
• Translator English - Italian: chiamata
• Translator English - Polish: rozmowa
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дзвінок
• Translator English - Romanian: apel
• Translator English - Greek: κλήση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: oproep
• Translator English - Swedish: samtal
• Translator English - Norwegian: telefonsamtale

10 QUOTES WITH «CALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word call.

1

Abigail Adams

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

2

Yolanda Adams

Tramaine Hawkins has been a mentor, a confidante and an example of greatness. She has been through a lot in her life, and her career has spanned over 50 years. To me, that's what you call a legend.

3

Marcia Angell

You see that the people who are drawn to alternative medicine are often fairly healthy and they go to alternative medicine for what I call the 'symptoms of life.' Fatigue, joint pains, inability to concentrate, perhaps, the kinds of things that anyone over twenty-five gets at some point.

4

Randy Bachman

I remember having my father stand over me when I had driven over my own foot; one leg was out of the car and one leg was in the car. He looked at me and told me that I was a drunk and that he was ashamed to call me his son. That night, I stopped drinking and I never drank again; I was twenty four.

5

Afrika Bambaataa

My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it be the groove and grunt of James Brown or the pickle-pop sounds of Kraftwerk or Yellow Magic Orchestra, hip hop is also part of what they call hip-house now, or trip hop, or even parts of drum n' bass.

6

Crystal Bowersox

I had what you could call a chaotic childhood. My parents divorced when I was 2; I went back and forth between my mom's and dad's houses for years.

7

Billy Campbell

I'm not a big fan of CGI. I'm not a fan at all, unless they use it in a way that doesn't call attention to itself.

8

Dan Chaon

I'm certainly very influenced by what you would call 'contemporary headline horror,' stuff that is true crime or for one reason or another catches our attention in the media, those strange cases that we end up obsessing about. I'm always influenced by weird anecdotes and news.

9

Noam Chomsky

If workers are more insecure, that's very 'healthy' for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won't ask for wages, they won't go on strike, they won't call for benefits; they'll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that's optimal for corporations' economic health.

10

Jim Clyburn

The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting over $10 billion from student aide while refusing to fully fund No Child Left Behind. Something doesn't add up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CALL»

Discover the use of call in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to call and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Call of the Wild

The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.

Jack London, 2009

Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950S

Attached to an order of nuns who had been working in the slums since the 1870s, Jennifer tells the story not only of the women she treated, but also of the community of nuns (including one who was accused of stealing jewels from Hatton ...

Jennifer Worth, 2009

Call Center Operation: Design, Operation, and Maintenance

Complete coverage of the critical issues to set up, manage and efficiently maintain a call center.

Duane E. Sharp, 2003

CALL: Using, Learning, Knowing : EUROCALL Conference : ...

This title presents the proceedings of the 2012 EUROCALL Conference.

Linda Bradley, Sylvie Thouësny, 2012

Crow Call

Nine-year-old Liz accompanies the stranger who is her father, just returned from the war, when he goes hunting for crows in Pennsylvania farmland.

Lois Lowry, 2009

Call Centers For Dummies

In addition, this new edition addresses many industry changes, such as the new technology that's transforming today's call center and the location-neutral call center.

Real Bergevin, Afshan Kinder, Winston Siegel, 2010

Call Me Crazy

Heche's memoir reveals the woman behind the headlines, one who has conquered overwhelming odds. Far from a celebrity memoir, this is an empowering and thought-provoking book guaranteed to surprise and inspire.

Anne Heche, 2001

Call Center Performance Enhancement Using Simulation and ...

This guide provides managers with an understanding of the role, value and practical deployment of simulation in the planning, management and analysis of call centres.

Jon Anton, Vivek Bapat, Bill Hall, 1999

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

Last Call is capacious, meticulous, and thrillingly told. It stands as the most complete history of Prohibition ever written and confirms Daniel Okrent’s rank as a major American writer.

Daniel Okrent, 2010

On Call Neurology

When you're on call...alone...in the middle of the night...On Call Neurology provides you with immediate access to the vital, step-by-step information you need to rise to the occasion!

Randolph S. Marshall, Stephan A. Mayer, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term call is used in the context of the following news items.

Are the Germans about to call the Greeks' bluff?

You have to admire the Greeks. They certainly don't like getting pushed around and their history is replete with tales of derring-do in the face of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

You Have To Hear The Telemundo Call Of Carli Lloyd's Goal

3. But to get the full effect, you NEED to hear Telemundo's Andrés ¡GOOOOOL! Cantor call Carli's golazo. What's more epic than Carli Lloyd's ... «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»

Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Vicki Learns of Her …

Vicki Gunvalson learns of her mother's death in a devastating phone call while filming The Real Housewives of Orange County. Credit: Jim ... «Us Magazine, Jul 15»

Interesting EWC Put And Call Options For January 2017

Turning to the calls side of the option chain, the call contract at the $26.00 strike price has a current bid of $2.25. If an investor was to purchase ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»

Hoax phone call costs hedge fund $1.2 million and CFO's job

London:The finance chief at Fortelus Capital Management LLP got an alarming phone call just as he was getting ready to leave work on a ... «Livemint, Jul 15»

GOP donors call for sidelining Donald Trump

At least one top Republican donor wants the party to keep Donald Trump from the debate stage. “Someone in the party ought to start some sort ... «Politico, Jul 15»

Parnell reports anonymous phone call

South Africa fast bowler Wayne Parnell has reported an anonymous phone call that was allegedly of a threatening nature made to his hotel ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»

Big Brother Spoilers: Who Got The 7th Phone Call 'Last Laugh' Twist …

Jump forward to 7:42PM BBT and you'll find Clay telling Shelli that Da'Vonne took the call # he wanted. The seventh call. He thought seven ... «Big Brother Network, Jul 15»

UPDATE 1-Eurogroup to hold conference call on Greek ESM …

BRUSSELS, July 7 (Reuters) - The Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers will hold a conference call early on Wednesday to discuss an ... «Reuters, Jul 15»

Los Angeles Times nabs Roll Call editor-in-chief Christina Bellantoni

The Los Angeles Times has hired Roll Call editor-in-chief Christina Bellantoni to serve as assistant managing editor for politics, the On Media ... «Politico, Jul 15»