ALL meanings of call for
call for
C c - phrasal verb call for If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere. 3
- phrasal verb call for If you call for something, you demand that it should happen. 3
- phrasal verb call for If something calls for a particular action or quality, it needs it or makes it necessary. 3
- noun call for to demand; require 3
- noun call for to come and get; stop for 3
- noun call for to predict 3
- verb with object call for to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home. 1
- verb with object call for to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness. 1
- verb with object call for to ask or invite to come: Will you call the family to dinner? 1
- verb with object call for to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive. 1
- verb with object call for to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock. 1
- verb with object call for to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice. 1
- verb with object call for to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session. 1
- verb with object call for to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt. 1
- verb with object call for to order into effect; establish: to call a strike. 1
- verb with object call for to schedule: to call a rehearsal. 1
- verb with object call for to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry. 1
- verb with object call for to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors. 1
- verb with object call for to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence. 1
- verb with object call for to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court. 1
- verb with object call for to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds. 1
- verb with object call for to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess. 1
- verb with object call for to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim. 1
- verb with object call for to designate as something specified: He called me a liar. 1
- verb with object call for to think of as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark. 1
- verb with object call for to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story. 1
- verb with object call for to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure (often followed by out): She called him on his vulgar language. 1
- verb with object call for to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan). 1
- verb with object call for to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption. 1
- verb with object call for to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections. 1
- verb with object call for Sports. 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. 1
- verb with object call for Pool. to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket. 1
- verb with object call for (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine. 1
- verb with object call for 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). 1
- verb without object call for to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children. 1
- verb without object call for to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package. 1
- verb without object call for to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon. 1
- verb without object call for Cards. to demand a card. to demand a showing of hands. Poker. to equal a bet. Bridge. to bid or pass. 1
- verb without object call for (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry. 1
- noun call for a cry or shout. 1
- noun call for the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal. 1
- noun call for an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call. 1
- noun call for an act or instance of telephoning: She went into the next room to place her call. 1
- noun call for a short visit: to make a call on someone. 1
- noun call for a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We live so close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls. 1
- noun call for a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean. 1
- noun call for a calling of a roll; roll call. 1
- noun call for the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea. 1
- noun call for a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister. 1
- noun call for a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc. 1