| query | If you c___ someone, you ask them to come to you by shouting to them.If you call someone, you ask them to come to you by shouting to them. She called her young son: 'Here, Stephen, come and look at this!' He called me over the Tannoy. |
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| word | bell |
| full-definition | verb If you call someone or something by a particular name or title, you give them that name or title. I always wanted to call the dog Mufty for some reason. 'Doctor...'—'Will you please call me Sarah?' Everybody called each other by their surnames. This position is called Downward Dog. There are two men called Buckley at the Home Office. ...a device called an optical amplifier. If you call someone or something a particular thing, you suggest they are that thing or describe them as that thing. The speech was interrupted by members of the Conservative Party, who called him a traitor. I wouldn't call it a burden; I call it a responsibility. She calls me lazy and selfish. He called it particularly cynical to begin releasing the hostages on Christmas Day. Anyone can call themselves a psychotherapist. If you call something, you say it in a loud voice, because you are trying to attract someone's attention. He could hear the others downstairs in different parts of the house calling his name. 'Boys!' she called again. The butcher's son called out a greeting. The train stopped and a porter called out, 'Middlesbrough!' If you call someone, you telephone them. Would you call me as soon as you find out? A friend of mine gave me this number to call. 'May I speak with Mr Coyne, please?'—'May I ask who's calling?' If you call someone such as a doctor or the police, you ask them to come to you, usually by phoning them. He screamed for someone to call an ambulance. One night he was called to see a woman with tuberculosis. If you call someone, you ask them to come to you by shouting to them. She called her young son: 'Here, Stephen, come and look at this!' He called me over the Tannoy. If someone in authority calls something such as a meeting, rehearsal, or election, they arrange for it to take place at a particular time. The Committee decided to call a meeting of the All India Congress. The 79-year-old Swiss called a press conference in Zurich to announce his objections to the decision. The strike was called by the Lebanese Forces militia. A meeting has been called for Monday. If someone is called before a court or committee, they are ordered to appear there, usually to give evidence . The child waited two hours before she was called to give evidence. I was called as an expert witness. If you call somewhere, you make a short visit there. A market researcher called at the house where he was living. Andrew now came almost weekly to call. He decided to pay a call on Tommy Cummings. When a train, bus, or ship calls somewhere, it stops there for a short time to allow people to get on or off. The steamer calls at several ports along the way. To call a game or sporting event means to cancel it, for example because of rain or bad light. The game was called on account of darkness. We called the next game. noun When you make a telephone call, you telephone someone. I made a phone call to the United States to talk to a friend. I've had hundreds of calls from other victims. I got a call from him late yesterday evening. If there is a call for something, someone demands that it should happen . There have been calls for a new kind of security arrangement. Almost all workers heeded a call to stay at home during the strike. If there is little or no call for something, very few people want it to be done or provided. 'Have you got just plain chocolate?'—'No, I'm afraid there's not much call for that.' The call of something such as a place is the way it attracts or interests you strongly. You must be feeling exhilarated by the call of the new. The call of a particular bird or animal is the characteristic sound that it makes. ...the plaintive call of a whale. ...a wide range of animal noises and bird calls. |
| inflections | callscallingcalledcalledring (up)bell |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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