call.

To reach out with one's voice. To request, summon, or beckon.

That person is hurt; call for help!

To reach out with one's voice. To cry or shout.

To reach out with one's voice. To utter in a loud or distinct voice.

to call the roll of a military company

To reach out with one's voice. To contact by telephone.

Why don’t you call me in the morning?

Why don’t you call tomorrow?

To reach out with one's voice. To rouse from sleep; to awaken.

To reach out with one's voice. To request that one's band play (a particular tune).

To reach out with one's voice. To scold.

To visit. To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).

We could always call on a friend.

The engineer called round whilst you were away.

To visit. To stop at a station or port.

This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington.

Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour.

To visit. To come to pass; to afflict.

To name, identify, or describe. To name or refer to.

Why don’t we dispense with the formalities? Please call me Al.

Don't call me a liar.

To name, identify, or describe. Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.

I’m called John.

A very tall building is called a skyscraper.

To name, identify, or describe. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.

They call the distance ten miles.

That’s enough work. Let's call it a day and go home.

To name, identify, or describe. To claim the existence of some malfeasance; to denounce as.

I call bullshit.

She called foul on their scheme.

To name, identify, or describe. To disclose the class or character of; to identify.

To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result. To declare in advance.

The captains call the coin toss.

To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result. To predict.

He called twelve of the last three recessions.

To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result. To formally recognise a death: especially to announce and record the time, place and fact of a person’s death.

To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result. To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.

After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative.

To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result. To make a decision as a referee or umpire.

The goal was called offside.

Direct or indirect use of the voice. (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.

Direct or indirect use of the voice. (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).

Direct or indirect use of the voice. To tell in advance which shot one is attempting.

Every shot must be called.

Direct or indirect use of the voice. To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.

I bet $800 and Jane raised to $1600. My options: call (match her $1600 bet), reraise, or fold.

Direct or indirect use of the voice. To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)

I’ll call your 300, and raise to 600!

Direct or indirect use of the voice. To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.

My partner called two spades.

To require, demand.

He felt called to help the old man.

To cause to be verbally subjected to.

The basis for his conclusion was called into doubt

To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.

I call the comfy chair!

To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.

To demand repayment of a loan.

To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.

A recursive function is one that calls itself.

A cry or shout.

He heard a call from the other side of the room.

The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.

That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.

A beckoning or summoning.

I had to yield to the call of the wild.

A telephone conversation; a phone call.

I received several phone calls today.

I received several calls today.

An instance of calling someone on the telephone.

I made a call to Jim, but he didn’t answer.

A short visit, usually for social purposes.

I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.

A visit by a ship or boat to a port.

The ship made a call at Southampton.

A decision or judgement.

That was a good call.

The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.

The Prime Minister has the call.

I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.

Ellipsis of call option.

The act of calling to the other batsman.

The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)

A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.

The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.

A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.

There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.

The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.

A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.

A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.

A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.

An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.

Vocation; employment; calling.

A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.

A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.

A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.

Need; necessity.

There's no call for that kind of bad language!