call (on) (Meaning)

admission to the bar as a barrister, to hold responsible, to give the calls for (a square dance), summons entry 1 sense 1, invitation, to speak frankly, to generate signals for (a telephone number) in order to reach the party to whom the number is assigned, an invitation to become the minister of a church or to accept a professional appointment, to stop for the remainder of the day or for the present whatever one has been doing, to call the shots, attraction sense 1, to require (a player) to show the hand in poker by making an equal bet, to call upon, to attract game by imitating its cry, to temporarily transfer control of computer processing to (something, such as a subroutine or procedure), a ruling made by an official of a sports contest, an imitation of an animal's cry or a device used to make such an imitation, to speak to or attempt to reach (someone) by means of a call (see call entry 2 sense 8), a decision or ruling made by an official of a sports contest, to elicit a response from (someone, such as a student), an imitation of the cry of a bird or other animal made to attract it, the cry of an animal (such as a bird), to admit (a person) as a barrister, to require as necessary or appropriate, to make a telephone call to, a notice to a stockholder or subscriber to pay an assessment or an installment of subscription to capital, to challenge to make good on a statement, to bring into action or discussion, to make a demand in bridge for (a card or suit), to regard as being of a certain kind, an order specifying the number of men to be inducted into the armed services during a specified period, a temporary transfer of control of computer processing to a particular set of instructions (such as a subroutine or procedure), to describe correctly in advance of or without knowledge of the event, to charge with or censure for an offense, decision sense 1, summon sense 1, to make a request or demand, the attraction or appeal of a particular activity, condition, or place, call option at option 3, a summons or signal on a drum, bugle, or pipe, a cry of an animal, to give the order for, to rule on the status of (a pitched ball, a player's action, etc.), to announce the play-by-play of (a sports event, such as a football game), the act of calling in a card game, to halt (something, such as a baseball game) because of unsuitable conditions, to utter a characteristic note or cry, to make a brief visit, to give temporary control of a computer to a particular set of instructions, to command or request to come or be present, to demand payment of especially by formal notice, to call a thing by its right name however coarse, to utter a cry, the act of calling on the telephone, to give the calls for a square dance, to attract (game) by imitating the characteristic cry, require, oblige, to name or specify in advance, an option to buy a specified amount of a security (such as stock) or commodity (such as wheat) at a fixed price at or within a specified time compare put sense 2, to summon to a particular activity, employment, or office, to announce or recite loudly, an instance of asking for something, a temporary transfer of control of computer processing to a particular set of instructions, to call it a day, a formal announcement or recitation, to make a demand in card games (as for a particular card or for a show of hands), to estimate or consider for purposes of an estimate or for convenience, to utter in a loud distinct voice, halt entry 4 sense 2, suspend, to challenge in order to expose an empty pretense or threat, to estimate as being, to invite or command to meet, the selection of a play in football, to address by a name, demand entry 1 sense 1a, claim, to demand presentation of (something, such as a bond or option) for redemption, to directly criticize (someone) for (something, such as bad behavior), within hearing or reach of a summons, a loud cry, to ask for or grant a time-out, the name or thing called, need, justification, to announce or read loudly or authoritatively, to regard or characterize as of a certain kind, request entry 1 sense 1, to cause to come, to make a request or demand of or for, to manage by giving the signals or orders, a brief visit, demand, claim, to give a name to, a short usually formal visit, ready to respond to a summons or command, a demand for payment of money, roll call, available for use, to speak so as to be heard at a distance, to make a demand on, to make a signal to in order to transmit a message, a divine vocation or strong inner prompting to a particular course of action, to cast doubt upon, to speak to or attempt to reach someone by means of a call (see call entry 2 sense 8), an instrument used for calling, a request or command to come or assemble, the act of speaking to or attempting to reach someone by telephone or by a similar online communication service, to announce the action of (as a sports game), to announce with authority, to be in charge or control, to call (as at one's house) to get, to speak in a loud distinct voice so as to be heard at a distance, elicit, evoke, a direction or a succession of directions for a square dance rhythmically called to the dancers, a notice by the U.S. Treasury to depositories to transfer part of its deposit balance to the Federal Reserve bank, subject to demand for payment or return without previous notice, to utter in a loud clear voice, to speak of or address by a specified name, an act of calling with the voice, to address or speak of a person or thing contemptuously or offensively, to demand presentation of (as a bond or option) for redemption, a summoning of actors to rehearsal, to rouse from sleep or summon to get up