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call-up

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An order to report for military service.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Deverbal from call up.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: паве́стка (pavjéstka) — an order to report for military service
  • Bulgarian: повиква́телна (povikvátelna) — an order to report for military service
  • Bulgarian: повиква́телна за́повед (povikvátelna zápoved) — an order to report for military service
  • Chinese Mandarin: 召集 (zhàojí) — an order to report for military service
  • Chinese Mandarin: 招募 (zhāomù) — an order to report for military service
  • Dutch: oproep — an order to report for military service
  • Finnish: kutsunta — an order to report for military service
  • German: Einberufung — an order to report for military service
  • Italian: rapporto — an order to report for military service
  • Japanese: 召集 (shōshū) — an order to report for military service
  • Korean: 소집 (sojip) — an order to report for military service
  • Russian: пове́стка (povéstka) — an order to report for military service
  • Swedish: inkallning — an order to report for military service
  • Ukrainian: пові́стка (povístka) — an order to report for military service
  • Yiddish: פּאָוויעסטקע (povyestke) — an order to report for military service
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