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call - verb

  1. To speak or say very loudly or with a shout: bawl, bellow, bluster, clamor, cry, halloo, holler, roar, shout, vociferate, whoop, yawp, yell. See sounds.
  2. To demand to appear, come, or assemble: convene, convoke, muster, send for, summon. See request.
  3. To bring together: assemble, cluster, collect, congregate, convene, convoke, gather, get together, group, muster, round up, summon. See collect.
  4. To give a name or title to: baptize, christen, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, name, style, term, title. See specific. words.
  5. To describe with a word or term: characterize, designate, label, name, style, tag, term. See specific. words.
  6. To communicate with (someone) by telephone: buzz, ring, telephone. Informal dial, phone. See words.
  7. To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize: come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, stop(by or in), visit. See seek.
  8. To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference: forecast, foretell, predict, prognosticate, project. See foresight.

call down - phrasal verb

  1. To criticize for a fault or an offense: admonish, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid. Informal bawl out, lambaste. Slang chew out. See attack. praise.

call for - phrasal verb

  1. To be a proper or sufficient occasion for: justify, occasion, warrant. See right.
  2. To have as a need or prerequisite: ask, demand, entail, involve, necessitate, require, take. See necessary. over.
  3. To ask for urgently or insistently: claim, demand, exact, insist on or upon, require, requisition. See request.

call off - phrasal verb

  1. To decide not to go ahead with (something previously arranged): cancel. Slang scratch, scrub. See continue.

call - noun

  1. A loud cry: halloo, holler, shout, yell. See sounds.
  2. A telephone communication: buzz, ring. See words.
  3. That which provides a reason or justification: cause, ground(often used in plural), justification, necessity, occasion, reason, wherefore, why. See start.
  4. The act of demanding: claim, cry, demand, exaction, requisition. See request.
  5. An act or an instance of going or coming to see another: look-in, visit, visitation. See seek.
  6. The power or quality of attracting: allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charisma, charm, draw, enchantment, enticement, fascination, glamour, lure, magnetism, witchery. Informal pull. See like.