call
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Sense 1
- verb
- A2
To speak to someone on the phone, or to try to reach them that way.
Call me back when you have finished the meeting.
I called the dentist twice, but nobody picked up.
She calls her grandmother every Sunday after lunch.
Somebody should call an ambulance for him right now.
Common collocations: call somebody back · call the police · call an ambulance · call from work
Part of: Phone and internet, Talking to people
Sense 2
- noun
- A1
A time when someone speaks to another person by phone.
I missed three calls while I was in the shower.
The call lasted an hour and my battery died.
He ended the call without saying goodbye to anybody.
Give me a call before you leave the office.
Common collocations: make a call · answer a call · miss a call · a phone call · end a call
Part of: Phone and internet, Talking to people
Sense 3 · less common
- verb
- A2
To give a person or thing a name, or to use that name for them.
What do you call this vegetable in your language?
He hates being called lazy when he works hard.
The teacher asked us what we call this shape.
They called the little boat after her mother.
Common collocations: be called · what do you call this · call somebody by their first name · call it something else
Part of: Talking to people, Speaking
Sense 4 · less common
- verb
- B1
To say something in a loud voice so that someone further away can hear.
She called from the garden, but I could not hear.
Someone called my name across the crowded station hall.
He called for help when the water reached his knees.
Common collocations: call for help · call somebody's name · call out · call across the room
Part of: Speaking, Talking to people