Main entry: call, call option
Definition: the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
Main entry: call
Definition: (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
Usage: he was ejected for protesting the call
Main entry: call
Definition: a visit in an official or professional capacity
Usage: the pastor's calls on his parishioners; the salesman's call on a customer
Main entry: call
Definition: a brief social visit
Usage: 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
Main entry: Call
Definition: a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
Usage: he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call
Main entry: phone call, call, telephone call
Definition: a telephone connection
Usage: 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
Main entry: call
Definition: an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
Usage: Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed
Main entry: birdcall, birdsong, call, song
Definition: the characteristic sound produced by a bird
Usage: a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age
Main entry: shout, vociferation, yell, cry, call, outcry
Definition: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
Usage: the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
Main entry: call
Definition: a request
Usage: many calls for Christmas stories; not many calls for buggywhips
Definition: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
Main entry: call
Definition: a demand for a show of hands in a card game
Usage: after two raises there was a call
Main entry: call, margin call
Definition: a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
Main entry: call
Definition: rouse somebody from sleep with a call
Usage: I was called at 5 A.M. this morning
Main entry: call
Definition: consider or regard as being
Usage: I would not call her beautiful
Main entry: call
Definition: challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
Usage: call the speaker on a question of fact
Main entry: call
Definition: utter in a loud voice or announce
Usage: He called my name; The auctioneer called the bids
Main entry: call
Definition: order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
Usage: He was already called 4 times for jury duty; They called him to active military duty
Main entry: call
Definition: order or request or give a command for
Usage: The unions called a general strike for Sunday
Main entry: call
Definition: lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
Usage: Call ducks
Main entry: ring, phone, call, call up, telephone
Definition: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Usage: I tried to call you all night; Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
Definition: order, request, or command to come
Usage: She was called into the director's office; Call the police!
Main entry: call
Definition: declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
Usage: call a runner out
Main entry: call
Definition: challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
Usage: He deserves to be called on that
Main entry: call
Definition: require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
Usage: Call a bond
Main entry: yell, holler, hollo, call, scream, shout, shout out, squall, cry
Definition: utter a sudden loud cry
Usage: she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle; I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
Main entry: predict, prognosticate, promise, call, forebode, foretell, anticipate
Definition: make a prediction about; tell in advance
Usage: Call the outcome of an election
Main entry: call
Definition: ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
Usage: He called me a bastard; She called her children lazy and ungrateful
Main entry: call
Definition: utter a characteristic note or cry
Usage: bluejays called to one another
Definition: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
Usage: They named their son David; The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
Main entry: call
Definition: send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
Usage: Hawaii is calling!; A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling
Main entry: call
Definition: read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
Usage: Call roll
Main entry: call
Definition: indicate a decision in regard to
Usage: call balls and strikes behind the plate
Definition: give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
Definition: make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
Usage: He called his trump
Definition: demand payment of (a loan)
Usage: Call a loan
Main entry: call
Definition: call a meeting; invite or command to meet
Usage: The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'; The new dean calls meetings every week
Main entry: visit, call, call in
Definition: pay a brief visit
Usage: The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
Main entry: call
Definition: make a stop in a harbour
Usage: The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow
Definition: greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
Usage: He always addresses me with `Sir'; Call me Mister; She calls him by first name
Main entry: call
Definition: stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
Usage: call a football game