Dictionary Definition
called adj
1 given or having a specified name; "they called
his name Jesus"; "forces...which Empedocles called `love' and
`hate'"; "an actor named Harold Lloyd"; "a building in Cardiff
named the Temple of Peace" [syn: named]
2 known or spoken of as; "though she is named
Katherine, she is called Kitty" [syn: known as]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /kɔːld/, /kO:ld/
Verb
called- past of call
Translations
simple past tense and past participle of call
- Scots: cried
Extensive Definition
Call may mean:
- Call (telecommunications)
- Telephone call
- Call option or "call", in finance, gives its owner the right to buy stock at a specified price in the future
- Computer-assisted language learning (CALL)
- Center for Anglican Learning & Leadership (CALL)
- Procedure call or subroutine in computer software
- Bird call, a shorter staccato passage of a bird song
- Caller (dancing), a command to execute a dance step
- Call (Pakistani band), a Pakistani alternative rock band
- System call, the mechanism used by an application program to request service from the operating system
- Call, to match a bet or raise in a game of poker
- Slang term to stake a claim on something
- In theater, a call time
- In health care and other professions which require 24 hour availability, a person who is required to be available for emergency calls is said to be "on call". When also required to remain on the premises during this time, the individual may find time to sleep in the "on call room".
- Ann Lowdon Call
- Annie Payson Call
- Brandon Call
- Ramón Malla Call
- R. D. Call
- Richard K. Call
- Wilkinson Call
called in German: Call
called in Japanese: コール
called in Norwegian Nynorsk: Call
called in Polish: Call