Call
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～ a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"
call
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～ the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
call
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～ a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"
call
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～ a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence"
call
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～ a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call"
call
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～ the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
call
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～ an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"
call
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～ a visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"; "the salesman's call on a customer"
call box
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～ booth for using a telephone
call
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～ a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
call-board
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～ a bulletin board backstage in a theater
call
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～ a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"
call
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～ a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
call-back
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～ the recall of an employee after a layoff