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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: call in vb (adverb)- (intransitive) often followed by on: to pay a visit, esp a brief or informal one: call in if you are in the neighbourhood
- (transitive) to demand payment of: to call in a loan
- (transitive) to take (something) out of circulation, because it is defective or no longer useful
- (transitive) to summon to one's assistance: they had to call in a specialist
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024call /kɔl/USA pronunciation v. - to cry out in a loud voice;
shout: [~ + object]to call someone's name.[~ + for + object]She called for someone to help her.[~ + to + object]He called to his children out on the field. - to ask or invite to come;
summon:[~ + object]Call a doctor, quick! - to communicate or try to communicate with (someone) by telephone: [~ + object]She called her boyfriend twice.[no object]I called, but no one was home.
- to read over (a list) in a loud voice, as to see whether certain people are there:[~ + object]The instructor called the roll.
- [~ + object] to announce (a meeting, etc.) and invite people to attend;
convoke; convene: He called a meeting for next week. - [~ + object] to announce as an authority;
proclaim: The union leader called a strike. - to direct or attract (attention):[~ + object]Let me call your attention to this painting.
- to name or address (someone) as (someone or something): [~ + object + object]My friends call me Ray.[~ + object + by + object]We always called James by his nickname, Jim.
- to designate or describe (someone or something) as (someone or something): [ ~ + obj + noun]:She called me a liar.[ ~ + obj + adjective]:I'd call it crazy.
- to forecast or predict correctly:[~ + object]Last year an economist said a recession was already on the way; well, she called it perfectly.
- Sport[~ + object] (of a sports official)
- to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, etc.):The batter was called out on strikes.
- to put an end to (a contest) because of bad weather, etc.:The officials called the game because of darkness.
- to declare as a bet (the side of a coin that will turn up): [~ + object]He called heads but it landed tails.[no object]Call while the coin is in the air.
- Business[~ + object]
- to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan or debt):They called his debt of $100,000.
- (in poker) to bet the same amount as (another bettor ):I called that fifty-cent bet.
- Animal Behavior (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry:[no object]We listened to the birds calling in the meadow.
- call back,
- to request or demand to return;
recall: [~ + back + object]The automobile company called back those defective minivans.[~ + object + back]They called the minivans back. - to return a telephone call or the telephone call of (someone): [no object]I'll call back in an hour.[~ + object + back]I called the salesman back.
- call down,
- to request or pray for: [~ + down + object]called down the Lord's mercy on all sinners.[~ + object + down]He called the Lord's mercy down on his people.
- [~ + object + down] to reprimand;
scold:He was called down for his poor work.
- call for, [~ + for + object]
- to go or come to get;
pick up; fetch:I'll call for you at seven o'clock. - to demand;
request strongly; urge to happen:The students called for an end to tuition increases. - to require;
need:This emergency calls for prompt action.
- call off,
- to summon or take away: [~ + off + object]Call off your dog![~ + object + off]Call him off!
- to cancel (something planned): [~ + off + object]The teacher called off the test.[~ + object + off]to call it off because of the snow.
- call on or upon, [~ + on/upon + object]
- to ask;
appeal to:We call on your generosity.[~ + on/upon + object + to + verb]We called upon the President to do something for them. - to visit for a short time:He wanted to call on his girlfriend.
- call out,
- to speak in a loud voice;
shout: [~ + object + out]She called my name out and I stood up.[~ + out + object]She called out my name. - [~ + out + object] to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!
- call up,
- to bring forward for consideration or action: [~ + up + object]He called up the information from the computer.[~ + object + up]Can you call the student's name up and see what his status is?
- [~ + up + object] to cause to remember;
recall; evoke:The trip called up happy memories of my youth. - to make a telephone call to: [~ + object + up]When I call you up, your line's busy.[~ + up + object]Call up every John Smith until you find the right one.
- to summon for action, esp. military service: [~ + up + object]The Pentagon called up most of the National Guard units.[ ~ + obj + up]:The Pentagon will call them up for duty.
n. - a cry or shout:[countable]I heard a call for help.
- Animal Behavior the typical sound or cry of a bird or other animal:[countable]the call of the blue jay.
- an act or instance of telephoning:[countable]Give me a call when you're ready.
- a short visit:[countable]Let's pay a call on our favorite aunt.
- a signal made by a bugle, alarm, etc.:[countable]The firefighters responded to twenty calls during that snowstorm.
- a summons, invitation, or bidding:[countable]The emergency squad went out on a call.
- [uncountable] fascination or appeal: the call of the wild.
- [uncountable] a need or occasion: no call for panic.
- [countable] a demand or claim: a call on one's time.
- Sport a judgment by an umpire or other official of a contest:[countable]a bad call by the referee.
Idioms- Idioms on call, readily available for summoning upon short notice:stayed at the hospital on call from 11 to 6.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ques•tion /ˈkwɛstʃən/USA pronunciation n. - a sentence in a form that is spoken to someone in order to get information in reply:[countable]Please answer me when I ask you a question.
- a problem for discussion or under discussion;
issue:[countable]There is another side to this question. - a problem or question given as part of an examination:[countable]The test had 40 short-answer questions.
- a matter of some uncertainty or difficulty;
problem: [countable]It was mainly a question of time.[uncountable]There can be no question of his guilt. - Government a proposal to be debated or voted on:[countable]The question is before the committee.
- Government the procedure of putting a proposal to vote:[countable* usually: the + ~]He insisted on calling the question.
v. - to ask questions of;
interrogate:[~ + object]The police questioned him closely. - to make a question of;
doubt: [~ + object]They questioned our sincerity.[~ + clause]I question if you are ready for success. Idioms- Idioms beyond (all) question, beyond dispute;
without doubt:She is, beyond question, the most glamorous actress of all. - Idioms call in or into question, to dispute;
challenge; cast doubt upon; question: [call + into + ~ + object]to call into question someone's patriotism.[call + object + into + ~]called her patriotism into question. - Idioms in question:
- under consideration:Where were you on the night in question?
- in dispute:His finances aren't in question.
- Idioms out of the question, not to be considered:getting an appointment for today is out of the question.
See -ques-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024call-in (kôl′in′),USA pronunciation [Radio and Television.]n. - Radio and Television, Show Businessa program in which listeners or viewers phone in comments or questions to the host or a person being interviewed.
- Radio and Television, Show Businessa live telephone conversation intended for broadcasting between a program's host and a person being interviewed.
adj. - Radio and Television, Show Businessof, pertaining to, or featuring such phone calls or conversations:a call-in program.
- noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase call in 1960–65
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024call (kôl),USA pronunciation v.t. - to cry out in a loud voice;
shout:He called her name to see if she was home. - to command or request to come;
summon:to call a dog;to call a cab;to call a witness. - to ask or invite to come:Will you call the family to dinner?
- to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone:Call me when you arrive.
- to rouse from sleep, as by a call;
waken:Call me at eight o'clock. - to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.
- to convoke or convene:to call Congress into session.
- to announce authoritatively;
proclaim:to call a halt. - to order into effect;
establish:to call a strike. - to schedule:to call a rehearsal.
- to summon by or as if by divine command:He felt called to the ministry.
- to summon to an office, duty, etc.:His country called him to the colors.
- to cause to come;
bring:to call to mind; to call into existence. - to bring under consideration or discussion:The judge called the case to court.
- to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.
- to direct or attract (attention):He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
- to name or address (someone) as:His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
- to designate as something specified:He called me a liar.
- to think of as something specified;
consider; estimate:I call that a mean remark. - to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.:They called him on his story.
- to criticize adversely;
express disapproval of; censure:She called him on his vulgar language. - Businessto demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).
- Businessto demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption.
- to forecast correctly:He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
- Sport(of an official)
- to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.):The umpire called the pitch a strike.
- to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.:A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
- Games[Pool.]to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
- Computing(in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.
- Games[Cards.]
- to demand (a card).
- to demand the display of a hand by (a player).
- [Poker.]to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.
- [Bridge.]to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).
v.i. - to speak loudly, as to attract attention;
shout; cry:She called to the children. - to make a short visit;
stop at a place on some errand or business:She called at the store for the package. - to telephone or try to telephone a person:He promised to call at noon.
- Games[Cards.]
- to demand a card.
- to demand a showing of hands.
- [Poker.]to equal a bet.
- [Bridge.]to bid or pass.
- Animal Behavior(of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.
- call away, to cause to leave or go;
summon:A death in the family called him away. - call back:
- to summon or bring back;
recall:He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition. - to revoke;
retract:to call back an accusation.
- call down:
- to request or pray for;
invoke:to call down the wrath of God. - to reprimand;
scold:The boss called us down for lateness.
- call for:
- to go or come to get;
pick up; fetch. - to request;
summon. - to require;
demand; need:The occasion calls for a cool head.
- call forth, to summon into action;
bring into existence:to call forth her courage and resolve. - call in:
- Businessto call for payment;
collect. - Businessto withdraw from circulation:to call in gold certificates.
- to call upon for consultation;
ask for help:Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation. - to inform or report by telephone:Did he call in his decision this morning?
- to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
- call in or into question. See question (def. 12).
- Idioms call in sick. See sick 1 (def. 13).
- call off:
- to distract;
take away:Please call off your dog. - to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date:The performance was called off because of rain.
- call on or upon:
- to ask;
appeal to:They called on him to represent them. - to visit for a short time:to call on friends.
- call out:
- to speak in a loud voice;
shout. - to summon into service or action:Call out the militia!
- to bring out;
elicit:The emergency called out her hidden abilities. - to direct attention to with a callout:to call out each detail in an illustration.
- Informal Termsto challenge to a fight.
- Idioms call to order. See order (def. 38).
- Computing call up:
- to bring forward for consideration or discussion.
- to cause to remember;
evoke. - to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.
- to summon for action or service:A large number of Army reservists were called up.
- Computingto summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen:She called up the full text.
n. - a cry or shout.
- Animal Behaviorthe cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
- an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal:He bought a duck call.
- an act or instance of telephoning:She went into a telephone booth to place her call.
- a short visit:to make a call on someone.
- a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.:We live so close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
- a summons, invitation, or bidding:The students gathered at the call of the dean.
- a calling of a roll;
roll call. - the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.:the call of the sea.
- a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service:He had a call to become a minister.
- a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
- a need or occasion:He had no call to say such outrageous things.
- a demand or claim:to make a call on a person's time.
- Businessa demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.
- Games[Cards.]
- a demand for a card or a showing of hands.
- [Poker.]an equaling of the preceding bet.
- [Bridge.]a bid or pass.
- Sporta judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter:The referees were making one bad call after another.
- [Theat.]
- Show Businessa notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.
- Show BusinessSee act call.
- Show BusinessSee curtain call.
- Dance, Music and Dancea figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
- Banking, BusinessAlso called call option. [Finance.]an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Cf. put (def. 47).
- Sport[Fox Hunting.]any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
- Idioms on call:
- Businesspayable or subject to return without advance notice.
- readily available for summoning upon short notice.
- Idioms, Show Business take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.
- Idioms within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned:Please stay within call.
- Old Norse kalla to call out, conflated with Old English (West Saxon) ceallian to shout; cognate with Middle Dutch kallen to talk, Old High German kallôn to shout, akin to Old English -calla herald, Irish gall swan, Old Church Slavonic glasù voice
- late Middle English callen, probably 1200–50
- 2, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged
- 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Call, invite, summon imply requesting the presence or attendance of someone at a particular place. Call is the general word:to call a meeting.To invite is to ask someone courteously to come as a guest, a participant, etc., leaving the person free to refuse:to invite guests to a concert; to invite them to contribute to a fund.Summon implies sending for someone, using authority or formality in making the request and (theoretically) not leaving the person free to refuse:to summon a witness, members of a committee, etc.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ques•tion (kwes′chən),USA pronunciation n. - a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- a problem for discussion or under discussion;
a matter for investigation. - a matter of some uncertainty or difficulty;
problem (usually fol. by of ):It was simply a question of time. - a subject of dispute or controversy.
- a proposal to be debated or voted on, as in a meeting or a deliberative assembly.
- the procedure of putting a proposal to vote.
- [Politics.]a problem of public policy submitted to the voters for an expression of opinion.
- [Law.]
- a controversy that is submitted to a judicial tribunal or administrative agency for decision.
- the interrogation by which information is secured.
- [Obs.]judicial examination or trial.
- the act of asking or inquiring;
interrogation; query. - inquiry into or discussion of some problem or doubtful matter.
- beg the question. See beg (def. 9).
- beyond question, beyond dispute;
without doubt:It was, beyond question, a magnificent performance.Also, beyond all question. - call in or into question:
- to dispute;
challenge. - to cast doubt upon;
question:This report calls into question all previous research on the subject.
- in question:
- under consideration.
- in dispute.
- out of the question, not to be considered;
unthinkable; impossible:She thought about a trip to Spain but dismissed it as out of the question. v.t. - to ask (someone) a question;
ask questions of; interrogate. - to ask or inquire.
- to make a question of;
doubt:He questioned her sincerity. - to challenge or dispute:She questioned the judge's authority in the case.
v.i. - to ask a question or questions.
- Middle French questioner, derivative of the noun, nominal
- Latin quaestiōn- (stem of quaestiō), equivalent. to quaes-, stem of quaerere to ask + -tiōn- -tion; (verb, verbal) late Middle English
- Anglo-French questiun, Middle French question
- (noun, nominal) Middle English questio(u)n, questiun 1250–1300
ques′tion•er, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inquiry, query, interrogation.
- 16.See corresponding entry in Unabridged query, examine.
- 17.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See inquire.
- 1, 16.See corresponding entry in Unabridged answer, reply.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: question /ˈkwɛstʃən/ n - a form of words addressed to a person in order to elicit information or evoke a response; interrogative sentence
- a point at issue: it's only a question of time until she dies, the question is how long they can keep up the pressure
- a difficulty or uncertainty; doubtful point
- an act of asking
- an investigation into some problem or difficulty
- a motion presented for debate by a deliberative body
- put the question ⇒ to require members of a deliberative assembly to vote on a motion presented
- a matter submitted to a court or other tribunal for judicial or quasi-judicial decision
- beyond (all) question ⇒ beyond (any) dispute or doubt
- call in, into question ⇒ to make (something) the subject of disagreement
- to cast doubt upon the validity, truth, etc, of (something)
- in question ⇒ under discussion: this is the man in question
- out of the question ⇒ beyond consideration; unthinkable or impossible
vb (mainly tr)- to put a question or questions to (a person); interrogate
- to make (something) the subject of dispute or disagreement
- to express uncertainty about the validity, truth, etc, of (something); doubt
Etymology: 13th Century: via Old French from Latin quaestiō, from quaerere to seekˈquestioner n |