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To retrieve from personal or computer memory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To summon (someone) to report for military service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To select e.g. to a sports squad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Dean Ashton was called up to the England squad for the first time.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To call on the telephone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ring up
Antonyms: none provided
an order to report for military duty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: summons
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I can't remember saying any such thing
- I can't think what her last name was
- can you remember her phone number?
- Do you remember that he once loved you?
- call up memories
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, recollect, think
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: know, recognize, recognise, review, brush up, refresh
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I tried to call you all night
- Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: call, telephone, phone, ring
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: telecommunicate
Narrower terms: cell phone, call in
bring forward for consideration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The case was called up in court
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bring forward
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: raise
call to arms; of military personnel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mobilize, mobilise, rally
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: call, send for
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
palauttaa muistiin
— to retrieve from memory
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Finnish:
hakea muistista
— to retrieve from memory
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German:
abrufen
— to retrieve from memory
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Italian:
rievocare
— to retrieve from memory
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Italian:
prendere
— to retrieve from memory
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German:
einberufen
— to summon for military service
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Finnish:
kutsua
— to select
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Finnish:
valita
— to select
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French:
sélectionner
— to select
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German:
aufstellen
— to select
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German:
auswählen
— to select
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German:
einberufen
— to select
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Italian:
selezionare
— to select
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Dutch:
opbellen
— to call on telephone
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Dutch:
bellen
— to call on telephone
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Finnish:
soittaa
— to call on telephone
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French:
appeler
— to call on telephone
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German:
anrufen
— to call on telephone
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German:
anklingeln
— to call on telephone
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German:
anläuten
— to call on telephone
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German:
telefonien
— to call on telephone
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Italian:
chiamare
— to call on telephone