DICTOMETER

ANROP (Norwegian for "call")

(call, telephone call, llamada)

1. Synonyms:
   • Call
   • Phone call
   • Telephone call
   Definitions:
   • a telephone connection
   Examples:
   • She reported several anonymous calls
   • He placed a phone call to London
   • He heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Call
   Definitions:
   • a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
   Examples:
   • He was disappointed that he had not heard the Call
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Cry
   • Outcry
   • Call
   • Yell
   • Shout
   • Vociferation
   Definitions:
   • a loud utterance
   • often in protest or opposition
   Examples:
   • The speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Call
   • Claim
   Definitions:
   • a demand especially in the phrase
   Examples:
   • The call of duty
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Birdcall
   • Call
   • Birdsong
   • Song
   Definitions:
   • the characteristic sound produced by a bird
   Examples:
   • A bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Call
   Definitions:
   • a brief social visit
   Examples:
   • Senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers
   • The characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Margin call
   • Call
   Definitions:
   • a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Call
   Definitions:
   • a demand for a show of hands in a card game
   Examples:
   • After two raises there was a call
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Call
   Definitions:
   • a request
   Examples:
   • Many calls for Christmas stories
   • Not many calls for buggywhips
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
    Examples:
    • Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • a visit in an official or professional capacity
    Examples:
    • The pastor's calls on his parishioners
    • The salesman's call on a customer
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
    Examples:
    • He was ejected for protesting the call
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Call option
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Name
   • Call
   Definitions:
   • assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
   Examples:
   • They named their son David
   • The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Call
   Definitions:
   • ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
   Examples:
   • He called me a bastard
   • She called her children lazy and ungrateful
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Call
   • Telephone
   • Call up
   • Phone
   • Ring
   Definitions:
   • get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
   Examples:
   • I tried to call you all night
   • Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Shout
   • Shout out
   • Cry
   • Call
   • Yell
   • Scream
   • Holler
   • Hollo
   • Squall
   Definitions:
   • utter a sudden loud cry
   Examples:
   • She cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
   • I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Call
   • Send for
   Definitions:
   • order, request, or command to come
   Examples:
   • She was called into the director's office
   • Call the police!
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Visit
   • Call in
   • Call
   Definitions:
   • pay a brief visit
   Examples:
   • The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Call
   Definitions:
   • call a meeting
   • invite or command to meet
   Examples:
   • The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'
   • The new dean calls meetings every week
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Call
   Definitions:
   • read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
   Examples:
   • Call roll
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Call
   Definitions:
   • send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.
   • make a signal to in order to transmit a message
   Examples:
   • Hawaii is calling!
   • A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • utter a characteristic note or cry
    Examples:
    • Bluejays called to one another
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
    Examples:
    • Call a football game
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Address
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
    Examples:
    • He always addresses me with `Sir'
    • Call me Mister
    • She calls him by first name
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • make a stop in a harbour
    Examples:
    • The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Call
    • Call in
    Definitions:
    • demand payment of (a loan)
    Examples:
    • Call a loan
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Bid
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
    Examples:
    • He called his trump
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Call
    • Call off
    Definitions:
    • give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • indicate a decision in regard to
    Examples:
    • Call balls and strikes behind the plate
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Predict
    • Foretell
    • Prognosticate
    • Call
    • Forebode
    • Anticipate
    • Promise
    Definitions:
    • make a prediction about
    • tell in advance
    Examples:
    • Call the outcome of an election
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
    Examples:
    • Call a bond
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement
    • charge with or censure for an offense
    Examples:
    • He deserves to be called on that
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
    Examples:
    • Call a runner out
    
    
22. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
    Examples:
    • Call ducks
    
    
23. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • order or request or give a command for
    Examples:
    • The unions called a general strike for Sunday
    
    
24. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
    Examples:
    • He was already called 4 times for jury duty
    • They called him to active military duty
    
    
25. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • utter in a loud voice or announce
    Examples:
    • He called my name
    • The auctioneer called the bids
    
    
26. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
    Examples:
    • Call the speaker on a question of fact
    
    
27. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • consider or regard as being
    Examples:
    • I would not call her beautiful
    
    
28. Synonyms:
    • Call
    Definitions:
    • rouse somebody from sleep with a call
    Examples:
    • I was called at 5 A.M. this morning