Definitions For Call

noun

• The option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
• (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
• A visit in an official or professional capacity
• A brief social visit
• A special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
• A telephone connection
• An instruction that interrupts the program being executed
• The characteristic sound produced by a bird
• A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
• A request
• A demand especially in the phrase
• A demand for a show of hands in a card game
• A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
• An act of using the telephone : an act of calling someone on the telephone
• An act of calling with the voice : a loud cry or shout
• The sound made by an animal or bird

verb

• Rouse somebody from sleep with a call
• Consider or regard as being
• Challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
• Utter in a loud voice or announce
• Order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
• Order or request or give a command for
• Lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
• Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
• Order, request, or command to come
• Declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
• Challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
• Require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
• Utter a sudden loud cry
• Make a prediction about; tell in advance
• Ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
• Utter a characteristic note or cry
• Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
• Send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
• Read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
• Indicate a decision in regard to
• Give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
• Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
• Demand payment of (a loan)
• Call a meeting; invite or command to meet
• Pay a brief visit
• Make a stop in a harbour
• Greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
• Stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
• To speak in a loud voice
• To announce or read (something) in a loud voice
• To make the sound that is usual for a particular type of bird or animal