call

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To telephone someone.

   I'll call you when I get home.

2. 2
   noun

   A conversation on the telephone.

   I got several anonymous calls last night.

3. 3
   noun

   A short visit, especially a professional one.

   The doctor made a call on the sick child.

4. 4
   noun

   A decision made by a referee or umpire in sport.

   The players argued angrily about the referee's call.

Common collocations

• phone call Adjective + noun
• call a doctor Verb + noun
• make a call Verb + noun
• missed call Adjective + noun
• quick call Adjective + noun
• call someone's name Verb + noun
• call the police Verb + noun
• miss a call Verb + noun
• receive a call Verb + noun
• return a call Verb + noun
• take a call Verb + noun
• local call Adjective + noun

From Middle English callen, from Old English ċeallian (“to call, shout”) and Old Norse kalla (“to call; shout; refer to as; name”); both from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną (“to call, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *golH-so- (“voice, cry”), from *gel(H)- (“to vocalize, call, shout”). Cognates * Scots call, caw, ca (“to call, cry, shout”) * Dutch kallen (“to chat, talk”) * German Low German kallen (“to speak, talk”) * German kallen (“to call”) * Swedish kalla (“to call, refer to, beckon”) * Norwegian kalle (“to call, name”) * Danish kalde (“to call, name”) * Icelandic kalla (“to call, shout, name”)…

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