Call (Noun)
Meaning 1
A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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- Holloa
- Razzing
- Hollering
- Hollo
- Roaring
- Boo
- Screeching
- Battle Cry
- Yowl
- Shrieking
- Scream
- Clamoring
- Hiss
- War Cry
- Clamouring
- Yodel
- Clamor
- Roar
- Yelling
- Noise
- Razz
- Whoop
- Bird
- Blue Murder
- Screech
- Hosanna
- Screaming
- Snort
- Shouting
- Bellow
- Halloo
- Holler
- Bellowing
- Catcall
- Raspberry
- Hoot
- War Whoop
- Hue And Cry
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Meaning 2
A telephone connection; "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".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
A request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips".
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Meaning 4
A brief social visit; "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".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 5
A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 6
The characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 7
A demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Meaning 8
A demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 9
The option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 10
A visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"; "the salesman's call on a customer".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Meaning 11
(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 12
A special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 13
An instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.