call
To reach out with one's voice.
Verb 4 meanings
To reach out with one's voice.
“That person is hurt; call for help!”
To visit.
“We could always call on a friend.”
To name, identify, or describe.
“Why don’t we dispense with the formalities? Please call me Al.”
To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
“The captains call the coin toss.”
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
Etymology
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”).
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CALL at a glance
CALL has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + L 1 + L 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #269 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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