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Meaning of "roll call" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROLL CALL

roll call play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROLL CALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Roll call is 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.

WHAT DOES ROLL CALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Roll call

Roll call is the calling of the names of people from a list to determine the presence or absence of the listed people. The term applies to the calling itself, to the time moment of this procedure, and to a military signal that announces it. Roll calls are used in places such as classrooms, the military, prisons, law enforcement, camps, and Model United Nations. In traditions of some schools, the term refers to a general assembly for various daily announcements. A roll call of honor is a ceremonial roll call of honorably fallen people or a list of these people.

Definition of roll call in the English dictionary

The definition of roll call in the dictionary is the reading aloud of an official list of names, those present responding when their names are read out. Other definition of roll call is the time or signal for such a reading.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROLL CALL

roll
roll film
roll in
roll in the hay
roll of honour
roll off
roll on
roll out
roll over
roll up
roll up one´s sleeves
roll-collar
roll-necked
roll-on
roll-on-roll-off
roll-on-roll-off ferry
roll-on-roll-off ship
roll-on/roll-off
roll-out
roll-top

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROLL CALL

alarm call
call
clarion call
close call
collect call
conference call
curtain call
emergency call
follow-up call
house call
line call
local call
long-distance call
on call
phone call
photo call
port of call
telephone call
too close to call
video call
wake-up call

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «roll call» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROLL CALL

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

Translator English - Chinese

点名
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lista
570 millions of speakers

English

roll call
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोल कॉल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تَفَقُّدُ الـحُضُور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перекличка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chamada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রোল কল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

appel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gulung panggilan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Namensaufruf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

点呼
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

점호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gulung telpon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điểm danh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரோல் அழைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हजेरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yoklama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

appello
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sprawdzanie obecności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переклик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσκλητήριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roll call
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upprop
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opprop
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of roll call

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROLL CALL»

The term «roll call» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.524 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROLL CALL» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROLL CALL»

Discover the use of roll call in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to roll call and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Roll Call
When women named Emily Wonder are being murdered, sixteen-year-old forensic investigator Luke Harding travels to futuristic London with his robot helper Malc to find the latest one to disappear before it's too late.
Malcolm Rose, 2007
2
Congress: A Political-economic History of Roll Call Voting
Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal have analyzed 16 million individual roll call votes spanning the two centuries since the two Houses of Congress began recording votes in 1789.
Keith T. Poole, Howard Rosenthal, 1997
3
Roll Call
Roll Call is a piercing look into the drug war and a truthful look at how the criminal justice system is reacting to it.
Glenn Thomas Langohr, 2009
4
Roll Call: 2012
You can read about his findings in Roll Call: 2012.
Clarence Johnson, Clarence Johnson Ph D, 2012
5
Roll Call
This book is your spiritual roll call. You have reported for duty, and you must be alert. In this roll call, God, through His Word, will conduct the briefing.
Harold Savage, 2012
6
Patterns of Legislative Politics: Roll-Call Voting in Latin ...
Using the United States as a basis of comparison, this book, first published in 2004, makes extensive use of roll call data to explore patterns of legislative politics in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
Scott Morgenstern, 2003
7
Transformers Animated: Robot Roll Call
Optimus Prime and the Autobots join with their new friends on Earth to stop the Decepticons.
Jennifer Frantz, 2008
8
Roll call to destiny: the soldier's eye view of Civil War ...
Pieces together small units' engagements in a variety of battles, drawn from firsthand accounts of those who fought.
Brent Nosworthy, 2008
9
Roll Call : Silver Age Sentinels
Roll Call Volume 1
John Davies, John Fiala, Jeff Mackintosh, 2002
10
The Roll Call (1884)
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com.
Arthur Tristram Jervoise, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROLL CALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term roll call is used in the context of the following news items.
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Roll Call Turns 60
Roll Call celebrates its 60th anniversary Tuesday with the same mission dreamed up by founder Sid Yudain — serving as a hometown newspaper for the ... «Roll Call, Jun 15»
2
#tbt: When the Congressional Baseball Game Broke the Gender …
(CQ Roll Call File Photo). The 54th Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game is Thursday, the latest iteration of a tradition dating to 1909. But it wasn't until ... «Roll Call, Jun 15»
3
Why This Vulnerable Freshman Is Surprising People
Chellie Pingree, the other member from the state, told CQ Roll Call. But “as much as anything,” Pingree added, “Maine politics is just completely unpredictable.”. «Roll Call, May 15»
4
Do Capitol Police Problems Go Beyond the Bathroom?
CQ Roll Call reported Friday three instances since January in which workers or, in one case, a child, have found unattended Capitol Police handguns — two left ... «Roll Call, May 15»
5
Top Cárdenas Staffer Subpoenaed; FBI May Be Investigating (Video)
Yet sources in California told CQ Roll Call the FBI spent a few hours interviewing Marquez in her home roughly three weeks ago. According to a source, the FBI ... «Roll Call, Apr 15»
6
Vote Study Shows Obama Gets His Way in GOP-Controlled Senate
Republicans took the Senate in 2014 by stressing the data that CQ Roll Call's presidential support vote study revealed: Democrats in red states were sticking ... «Roll Call, Apr 15»
7
Kim Dine Will Stay On as Capitol Police Chief
The message, obtained by CQ Roll Call, signals continuity in Capitol Police leadership after an April 10 report that Dine had submitted a resignation letter, and ... «Roll Call, Apr 15»
8
Wisconsin Field Hearing Could Fuel Critics of Ron Johnson, Tammy …
Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, told CQ Roll Call last week that the hearing, a joint panel with the ... «Roll Call, Mar 15»
9
NRSC Raised $3.8 Million in February
The National Republican Senatorial Committee raised $3.8 million in February, according to numbers provided first to CQ Roll Call. The committee closed out ... «Roll Call, Mar 15»
10
Bowser Talks Marijuana, Statehood With Boehner
I want him to call me with questions about issues in the District of Columbia,” Bowser ... Boehner's spokesman told CQ Roll Call via email Tuesday that Boehner ... «Roll Call, Jan 15»

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