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A lot of weird things happen to me. People call out to me on the street and I figure I know them, and I walk over. And then they start to talk about a movie, and I get so embarrassed. Sometimes they think I'm Lorraine Bracco or Laura San Giacomo or Marisa Tomei. I'm sure it happens to them all the time, too.
Annabella Sciorra

Meaning of "call out" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CALL OUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CALL OUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Call out is a verb.
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 out in English.

WHAT DOES CALL OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

call out

Callout

In publishing, a call-out or callout is a short string of text connected by a line, arrow, or similar graphic to a feature of an illustration or technical drawing, and giving information about that feature. The term is also used to describe a short piece of text set in larger type than the rest of the page and intended to attract attention. A similar device in word processing is a special text box with or without a small "tail" that can be pointed to different locations on a document. In the utility industries, a callout is an instruction to report for emergency or special work at an unusual time or place.

Definition of call out in the English dictionary

The first definition of call out in the dictionary is to utter aloud, esp loudly. Other definition of call out is to summon. Call out is also to order to strike.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CALL OUT

PRESENT

Present
I call out
you call out
he/she/it calls out
we call out
you call out
they call out
Present continuous
I am calling out
you are calling out
he/she/it is calling out
we are calling out
you are calling out
they are calling out
Present perfect
I have called out
you have called out
he/she/it has called out
we have called out
you have called out
they have called out
Present perfect continuous
I have been calling out
you have been calling out
he/she/it has been calling out
we have been calling out
you have been calling out
they have been calling out
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 out
you called out
he/she/it called out
we called out
you called out
they called out
Past continuous
I was calling out
you were calling out
he/she/it was calling out
we were calling out
you were calling out
they were calling out
Past perfect
I had called out
you had called out
he/she/it had called out
we had called out
you had called out
they had called out
Past perfect continuous
I had been calling out
you had been calling out
he/she/it had been calling out
we had been calling out
you had been calling out
they had been calling out
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will call out
you will call out
he/she/it will call out
we will call out
you will call out
they will call out
Future continuous
I will be calling out
you will be calling out
he/she/it will be calling out
we will be calling out
you will be calling out
they will be calling out
Future perfect
I will have called out
you will have called out
he/she/it will have called out
we will have called out
you will have called out
they will have called out
Future perfect continuous
I will have been calling out
you will have been calling out
he/she/it will have been calling out
we will have been calling out
you will have been calling out
they will have been calling out
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would call out
you would call out
he/she/it would call out
we would call out
you would call out
they would call out
Conditional continuous
I would be calling out
you would be calling out
he/she/it would be calling out
we would be calling out
you would be calling out
they would be calling out
Conditional perfect
I would have call out
you would have call out
he/she/it would have call out
we would have call out
you would have call out
they would have call out
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been calling out
you would have been calling out
he/she/it would have been calling out
we would have been calling out
you would have been calling out
they would have been calling out
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you call out
we let´s call out
you call out
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to call out
Past participle
called out
Present Participle
calling out
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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CALL OUT

call it a day
call it quits
call letters
call loan
call mark
call money
call number
call of nature
call off
call option
call rate
call screening
call sign
call signal
call slip
call someone´s bluff
call the shots
call the tune
call to account
call to mind

WORDS THAT END LIKE CALL OUT

all out
bail out
bawl out
check out
chill out
cool out
corbel out
fill out
find out
full out
go all out
on the way out
pull out
roll out
sell out
shell out
spell out
tail out
the jury is still out
weasel out

Synonyms and antonyms of call out in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «call out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CALL OUT

Find out the translation of call out to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of call out 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 out» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大喊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gritar
570 millions of speakers

English

call out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुकारें
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أصل الكلمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вызывать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chamar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কল আউট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire appel à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memanggil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufbieten, ausrufen, zurufen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

叫ぶ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불러
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

nyeluk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gọi ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூப்பிடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉल करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çağırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiamare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wołać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

викликати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

striga
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φωνάζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ropa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ringe ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of call out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CALL OUT»

The term «call out» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.847 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CALL OUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «call out» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «call out» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about call out

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10 QUOTES WITH «CALL OUT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word call out.
1
Abigail Adams
Great necessities call out great virtues.
2
Abigail Adams
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
3
Patrick Ewing
When I played with the Knicks, I was just as important or just as smart as any other of the guards I played with. I still had to call out plays, notice schemes, know the systems, do everything they had to do.
4
Donald Faison
When you're on, like, NBC, or - I don't want to call out any names. But when you're on bigger networks, they just want to find something that sticks and aren't really necessarily trying to develop anything. On TV Land, they've developed 'The Exes.'
5
Margaret Fuller
Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth.
6
Ernie Hudson
After all these years, almost 30 years later, whenever I'm on the street, someone will call out, 'Who you gonna call?'
7
Ruth Ozeki
There's something about the idea of writing, and thinking about writing as a form of prayer - the way as a writer you call out into the world and throw your words into the world. You're not praying to a god, but you're almost conjuring a reader to arrive. That's what books do: they're an invitation to readers.
8
John Piper
As much as we can, let's defend the truth by pointing to what the apostles taught, and let's call out sin by pointing to the inconsistencies between what we say we believe and what we do.
9
Scott Pruett
Unlike the fast-paced world of racing, there is nothing rushed about growing grapes. They take their time lazily basking in the summer sun, and come fall, as I watch them impatiently, waiting for that perfect balance needed to harvest, I swear they call out to me, 'What's the hurry?'
10
Annabella Sciorra
A lot of weird things happen to me. People call out to me on the street and I figure I know them, and I walk over. And then they start to talk about a movie, and I get so embarrassed. Sometimes they think I'm Lorraine Bracco or Laura San Giacomo or Marisa Tomei. I'm sure it happens to them all the time, too.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CALL OUT»

Discover the use of call out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to call out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
"Come Out My People!": God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible ...
This book invites disciples to `connect the dots', in order to recover our ancient, anti-imperial identity, and to embrace a radical faith and practice that are personal and politica.
Wes Howard-Brook, 2010
2
Freedom Sounds: Civil Rights Call out to Jazz and Africa
Ingrid Monson illustrates how the contentious and soul-searching debates in the Civil Rights, African Independence, and Black Power movements shaped aesthetic debates and exerted a moral pressure on musicians to take action.
Ingrid Monson, 2007
3
Call Out Mountain Rescue?: A Pocket Guide to Safety on the Hill
As before, the book takes the reader through preparation and route planning, what to take and how to pack, how best to stay safe in the mountains and what to do if you have an accident.
Judy Whiteside, 2010
4
First Call Out: A Comprehensive Guide to Competing in ...
A complete and comprehensive guide for competing in Bikini, Fitness, Figure, Women's Physique and Bodybuilding.
Amanda Larson, 2012
5
Stones Call Out
There's an undercurrent of hope, of confidence in individuals' capacity to survive and make meaningful lives in the wake of tragedy. We come to the end of the book disturbed, deeply stirred, but not devastated.
Pamela Porter, 2006
6
Call Out the Guard!: The Story of Lieutenant General John B. ...
The story of the modern day National Guard, one of the largest, most powerful military organizations in the world today.
John B. Conaway, Jeff P. Nelligan, 1997
7
Calling Out the Troops: The Australian Military and Civil ...
This book raises a number of crucial issues that have received little public attention. The Australian Defence Force can be deployed on such vague grounds as âe~domestic violenceâe(tm) and âe~Commonwealth interestsâe(tm).
Michael Head, 2009
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Language Socialization Across Cultures
soothing her sick 1 1-month-old infant Mosa, as indicated by her high, soft intonation contour:4 Example 1 - Namokalitau - 81.67 mo: Aok 'uan Sal/ Call out to Sala call toward + 3sg,poss Sala (gentle, friendly, inviting). "Sala! Sal! Sal ku!
Bambi B. Schieffelin, Elinor Ochs, 1986
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Billboard
"We take the systems that radio uses to do call-out research," Zapoleon says. "We have profiled these listeners so that we can break out [responses] by any format. We pick songs and play a significant amount of the core part of the song ...
10
Mind, Self, and Society: From the Standpoint of a Social ...
Where it does not become significant is in the vocalization of the two birds.6 Nevertheless, the same type of process is present, the stimulus of the one bird tending to call out the response in another bird which it tends to call out, however  ...
George Herbert Mead, Charles W. Morris, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CALL OUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term call out is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Jon Jones Back in Training After Call Out by UFC Heavy Champ …
Ex-UFC light-heavyweight champ Jon Jones is back in training a few days after being called out by newly-crowned UFC heavyweight champ ... «Yibada, Jul 15»
2
State department puts call out for historic agriculture photos
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has undertaken a project to document the history of Utah agriculture. «fox13now.com, Jul 15»
3
Inter Milan call out Fiorentina regarding Mohamed Salah's transfer …
Fiorentina have battled over winger Mohamed Salah in an attempt to keep him at the Artemio Franchi. In January the Serie A club signed the ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
4
Lorna Jane puts the call out for a receptionist/model
Forget actress/models … the activewear company gets mighty specific about the looks of its receptionists. Move, nourish, measure up. «Crikey, Jul 15»
5
These Stickers Call Out Advertising Sexism In A Simple, Anonymous …
While sexism can be in the eye of the beholder, it's still important to call out questionable ads where and when we see them. Instead of penning ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
6
Former Australian PM Julia Gillard returns to Wales urging women to …
Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has spoken of how women need to call out sexism in politics – and call it out early. «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
7
Shakira and America Ferrera Call Out Donald Trump Over 'Racist …
While Shakira slammed Trump with condemning messages on Twitter, Ferrera chose to write a wordy letter, saying his hateful speech would ... «AceShowbiz, Jul 15»
8
Bands call out Warped Tour for including act accused of sexual …
Jake Mcelfresh, a 23-year-old singer-songwriter who performs under the name Front Porch Step, was assumed to have dropped out of Warped ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
9
NeNe Leakes Is Ready To Call Out Liars -- Professionally! Get The …
It's truth telling time! On Wednesday, it was reported that NeNe Leakes was cast alongside Betty White and another unknown judge for the ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 15»
10
'Nothing Left to Lose': How Mayor de Blasio Came to Call Out
As afternoon light filtered through the windows of his City Hall office on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio sat huddled around a small coffee table ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

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