call

v. shout; cry; invite; make a telephone call; visit

n. cry; telephone conversation; visit; ring; invitation; claim; need

adj. referring to someone or something that can be called

CALL can refer to:Call optionComputer-assisted language learning
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Call may mean:Call (telecommunications)Telephone callCall option or "call", in finance, gives its owner the right to buy stock at a specified price in the futureComputer-assisted language learning (CALL)Procedure call or subroutine in computer softwareBird call, a shorter staccato passage of a bird songCaller (dancing), a command to execute a dance stepCall (Pakistani band), a Pakistani alternative rock bandSystem call, the mechanism used by an application program to request service from the operating systemCall, to match a bet or raise in a game of pokerSlang term to stake a claim on something
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(n.)
A divine vocation or summons.
  

(n.)
A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.
  

(n.)
A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
  

(n.)
A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.
  

(n.)
A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.
  

(n.)
A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty.
  

(n.)
A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.
  

(n.)
An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
  

(n.)
See Assessment, 4.
  

(n.)
The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call.
  

(n.)
The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
  

(n.)
The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on.
  

(n.)
Vocation; employment.
  

(v. i.)
To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders.
  

(v. i.)
To make a demand, requirement, or request.
  

(v. i.)
To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to.
  

(v. t.)
To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
  

(v. t.)
To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.
  

(v. t.)
To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
  

(v. t.)
To invoke; to appeal to.
  

(v. t.)
To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.
  

(v. t.)
To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
  

(v. t.)
To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of.
  

(v. t.)
To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work.
  

(v. t.)
To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church.
  

(v. t.)
To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company.
  

1. In communications, any demand to set up a connection. 2. A unit of traffic measurement. (188 ) 3. The actions performed by a call originator. 4. The operations required to establish, maintain, and release a connection. 5. To use a connection between two stations. 6. The action of bringing a computer program, a routine, or a subroutine into effect, usually by specifying the entry conditions and the entry point.

<operating system, programming> The mechanism used by an application program to request service from the operating system. System calls often use a special machine code instruction which causes the processor to change mode (e.g. to "supervisor mode" or "protected mode"). This allows the OS to perform restricted actions such as accessing hardware devices or the memory management unit.
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