Call: Difference between revisions

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Template:Ti verb If you call someone, you contact them using a telephone.
Can you call me tonight at about 8:00?

We called 911 and the police came in five minutes.

I can't talk now. I'll call back later.
Template:Ti verb If you call to someone, you use your voice to make them notice you.
I can't see you. Call out to me so I can find you.
Template:Transitive If you call someone or something $x$ , you say they are $x$ .
If you ever tell anyone that, I'll call you a liar.

The kids at school called him an asshole.

Nobody would even call him good-looking.

They called it the most important hockey game ever.
Template:Transitive If somebody is called something, that is their name.
Their daughter's called Mai.

She's a beautiful baby. What do you call her?
Template:Transitive If you call somebody somewhere, you ask or tell them to come there.
She called me to her office.
Template:Transitive If you call a meeting, a stop, etc., you say you want one to happen.
I've called a meeting for tomorrow, and I'd like you to be there.

Coach Dan Bylsma called a timeout to give his five players a rest.

Template:Countable A call is a time when you use the telephone to contact someone.
After she made the phone call, she left the office.

I received three calls about the car I was selling.
A visit to someone.
I paid a call to a friend.

The doctor does not do house calls.
A cry or shout.
He heard a call from the other side of the room.
The cry of a bird or animal.
Cuckoo birds have a unique call.