{
    "term": "call",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "call",
            "heSheIt": "calls"
        },
        "pastSimple": "called",
        "pastParticiple": "called",
        "ingForm": "calling"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to give somebody/something a particular name; to use a particular name or title when you are talking to somebody",
            "sensetop": "call somebody/something + nounbe called + nouncall somebody/something after somebody/somethingcall somebody/something by something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They decided to call the baby Mary.",
                    "contextForm": "call somebody/something + noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His name's Hiroshi but everyone calls him Hiro."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's her sister called?",
                    "contextForm": "be called + noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't know anyone called Scott."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've forgotten what the firm you work for is called."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's it called again? Oh yes, a router."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be **commonly/often called** something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This group of artists and poets is **sometimes called** the New York School."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They called their first daughter after her grandmother.",
                    "contextForm": "call somebody/something after somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cheese is called after the town of the same name."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We call each other by our first names here.",
                    "contextForm": "call somebody/something by something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plant is called by different names in different parts of the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His friends affectionately call him ‘Bear’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We usually call her by her nickname."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What do they call that new fabric?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is writing a novel, tentatively called ‘My Future’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The area was formerly called West Meadow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plant is variously called ‘cow parsley’ and ‘Queen Anne's lace’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prison is euphemistically called a ‘rehabilitation centre’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The system is officially called the NPV System."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["commonly", "frequently", "formerly"],
                "preposition": ["by"],
                "phrases": [
                    "you could hardly call something…",
                    "you would hardly call something…"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to phone somebody",
            "sensetop": "call somebody/something to do somethingcall to do somethingcall somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll call again later."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got a message to **call home** immediately."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I called the office to tell them I'd be late.",
                    "contextForm": "call somebody/something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "People called to ask how they could help.",
                    "contextForm": "call to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My brother called me from Spain last night.",
                    "contextForm": "call somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Call us toll-free on this number."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Call 0800 33344 for a free copy."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["back", "ahead", "free"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to ask somebody/something to come quickly to a particular place by phoning",
            "sensetop": "call somebody/somethingcall something for somebodycall somebody somethingcall somebody/something to something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Someone **called the police**.",
                    "contextForm": "call somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to call an ambulance/a doctor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll call a taxi for you.",
                    "contextForm": "call something for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll call you a taxi.",
                    "contextForm": "call somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fire crews were called to the building at 9 p.m.",
                    "contextForm": "call somebody/something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor has been called to an urgent case."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to describe somebody/something in a particular way; to consider somebody/something to be something",
            "sensetop": "call somebody/something + nouncall yourself + nouncall somebody/something + adj.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wouldn't call German an easy language.",
                    "contextForm": "call somebody/something + noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you calling me a liar?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She now calls Southern California home *(= she lives there)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was in the front room, or the lounge or whatever you want to call it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I make it ten pounds forty-three you owe me. Let's call it ten pounds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They call themselves ‘The Gang’.",
                    "contextForm": "call yourself + noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Would you call it blue or green?",
                    "contextForm": "call somebody/something + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You could hardly call the show perfect, but it was successful."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["commonly", "frequently", "formerly"],
                "preposition": ["by"],
                "phrases": [
                    "you could hardly call something…",
                    "you would hardly call something…"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to claim that you are a particular type of person, especially when other people question whether this is true",
            "sensetop": "call yourself + noun",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Call yourself a friend? So why won't you help me, then?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's no right to call herself a feminist."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to shout or say something loudly to attract somebody’s attention",
            "sensetop": "call (out) to somebody (for something)call (out) to somebody to do somethingcall somethingcall out (something) + speech",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I thought I heard somebody calling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She called out to her father for help.",
                    "contextForm": "call (out) to somebody (for something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Someone called to him to wait.",
                    "contextForm": "call (out) to somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did somebody call my name?",
                    "contextForm": "call something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "People in the audience called out requests.",
                    "contextForm": "call out (something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘See you later!’ she called.",
                    "contextForm": "+ speech"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He called for help, but no one could hear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She called out in pain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Don't forget what I said!’ she called after him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He called out a warning from the kitchen."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["softly", "loudly", "out"],
                "preposition": ["for", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to ask somebody to come by shouting or speaking loudly",
            "sensetop": "call somebody + adv./prep.call (somebody)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Will you call the kids in for lunch?",
                    "contextForm": "call somebody + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He heard me call him and came to the door.",
                    "contextForm": "call (somebody)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you call?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to order somebody to come to a place",
            "sensetop": "be called + adv./prep.be called to do somethingcall somebody",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Several candidates were called for a second interview.",
                    "contextForm": "be called + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ambassador was called back to London by the prime minister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt called to the priesthood *(= had a strong feeling that he must become a priest)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You may be called to give evidence.",
                    "contextForm": "be called to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was called to testify before a Senate subcommittee."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The defence says it plans to call four witnesses.",
                    "contextForm": "call somebody"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to order something to happen; to announce that something will happen",
            "sensetop": "call somethingcall something for…",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **call a meeting/strike**",
                    "contextForm": "call something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prime minister has **called an election** for 8 June.",
                    "contextForm": "call something for…"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "to make a short visit to a person or place",
            "sensetop": "call on somebodycall to do something",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll call round and see you on my way home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's call on John.",
                    "contextForm": "call on somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was out when I called to see him.",
                    "contextForm": "call to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We called but they were out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She said she was very lonely and it was kind of them to call on her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Could you call by later today?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I called round at the house to check how things were."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "to make the noise that is typical for it",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The cuckoo called across the trees to its mate."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Birds"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["softly", "loudly", "out"],
                "preposition": ["for", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "to predict what the result of something will be",
            "sensetop": "call somethingcall it for somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's a very open game that is very hard to call.",
                    "contextForm": "call something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be difficult/impossible to call"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The result of this election is going to be **too close to call**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most media pundits called it for the Conservatives.",
                    "contextForm": "call it for somebody"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 13,
            "definition": "to say which side of a coin you think will face upwards after it is thrown",
            "sensetop": "call (something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **call heads/tails**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 14,
            "definition": "to shout out the steps for people performing a square dance or country dance",
            "sensetop": "call (something)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to remember somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She couldn't call to mind where she had seen him before."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "recall"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to remind you of somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The painting brings to mind some of Picasso's early works."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "recall"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to tell somebody to do what they are threatening to do, because you believe that they will not be cruel or brave enough to do it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was tempted to call his bluff, hardly able to believe he’d carry out his threat."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make use of something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Chess is a game that calls into play all your powers of concentration."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to doubt something or make others doubt something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His honesty has never been called into question."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "question"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to decide or agree to stop doing something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "After forty years in politics I think it's time for me to call it a day *(= to retire)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to agree to end a contest, argument, etc. because both sides seem equal",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to decide to stop doing something",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to use offensive words about somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Stop calling me names!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be the person who controls a situation",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say exactly what you think without trying to hide your opinion",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I believe in calling a spade a spade."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say or decide that it is time for something to finish",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody explain a mistake, etc. because they are responsible for it",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to ask people in a meeting to be quiet so that the meeting can start or continue",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to order somebody to obey the formal rules of a meeting; to start a formal meeting",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The argument continued until the chairman called them both to order."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president brought the meeting to order at 9.15 a.m."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As the meeting was brought to order, the councillor immediately stood and began to protest."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the person who provides the money for something can also control how it is spent",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "called to see somebody in authority because you have done something wrong",
            "labels": "(informal, especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I got called on the carpet for being late."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you should not criticize somebody for a fault that you have yourself",
            "labels": "(saying, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used instead of a name that you cannot remember",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's just gone out with old what-d'you-call-him."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɔːl/",
                "audio": "ca/call/call__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɔːlz/",
                "audio": "ca/call/calls__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɔːld/",
                "audio": "ca/call/called__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɔːlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ca/call/calling__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɔːl/",
                "audio": "ca/call/call__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɔːlz/",
                "audio": "ca/call/calls__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɔːld/",
                "audio": "ca/call/called__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɔːlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ca/call/calling__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English ceallian, from Old Norse kalla ‘summon loudly’."
}