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Phone Definition

–noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object), phoned, phon·ing.

telephone.

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Conference Definition

–noun

1.	a meeting for consultation or discussion: a conference between a student and his adviser.

2.	the act of conferring or consulting together; consultation, esp. on an important or serious matter.

3.	Government. a meeting, as of various committees, to settle 3e8 disagreements between the two branches of the legislature.

4.	an association of athletic teams; league: an intercollegiate conference.

Ecclesiastical.

a.	an official assembly of clergy or of clergy and laity, customary in many Christian denominations.

b.	a group of churches whose representatives regularly meet in such an assembly.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to hold or particip b63 ate in a conference or series of conferences.

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Call Definition

–verb (used with object)

1.	to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she 956 was home.

2.	to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness.

3.	to ask or invite to come: Will you call the family to dinner?

4.	to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.

5.	to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.

6.	to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice.

7.	to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.

8.	to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.

9.	to order into effect; establish: to call a strike.

10.	to schedule: to call a rehearsal.

11.	to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.

12.	to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors.

13.	to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence.

14.

to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.

15.	to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds.

16.	to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess.

17.	to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.

18.	to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.

19.	to think of as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.

20.	to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.

21.	to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.

22.	to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan).

23.	to demand presentation of (bonds) 37e for redemption.

24.	to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.

25.

Sports. (of an official)

a.	to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike.

b.	to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the ga b5c me.

26.	Pool. to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket.

27.	(in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine.

28.

Cards.

a.	to demand (a card).

b.	to demand the display of a hand by (a player).

c.	Poker. to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.

d.	Bridge. to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).

–verb (used without object)

29.	to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.

30.	to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.

31.	to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.

32.

Cards.

a.	to demand a card.

b.	to demand a showing of hands.

c.	Poker. to equal a bet.

d.	Bridge. to bid or pass.

33.

(of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry.

–noun

34.	a cry or shout.

35.	the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.

36.	an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.

37.	an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call.

38.	a short visit: to make a call on someone.

39.	a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We live so close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.

40.	a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.

41.	a calling of a roll; roll call.

42.	the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.

43.	a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.

44.	a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.

45.	a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.

46.	a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.

47.	a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor.

48.

Cards.

a.	a demand for a card or a showing of hands.

b.	Poker. an equaling of the preceding bet.

c.	Bridge. a bid or pass.

49.	Sports. a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees were making one bad call after another.

50.

Theater.

a.	a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.

act call.

c.	curtain call.

51.	Dance. a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.

52.	Also called call option. Finance. an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put (def. 24).

53.	Fox Hunting. any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.

—Verb phrases

54.	call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.

55.

call back,

a.	to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition.

b.	to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.

56.

call down,

a.	to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of God.

b.	to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.

57.

call for,

a.	to go or come to get; pick up; fetch.

b.	to request; summon.

c.	to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.

58.	call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.

59.

call in,

a.	to call for payment; collect.

b.	to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.

c.	to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to b68 assist in the operation.

d.	to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?

e.	to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.

60.	call in or into question. question (def. 17).

61.

call off,

a.	to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.

b.	to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.

62.

call on or upon,

a.	to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.

b.	to visit for a short time: to call on friends.

63.

call out,

a.	to speak in a loud voice; shout.

b.	to summon into service or action: Call out the militia!

c.	to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities.

d.	to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration.

e.	Informal 5e2 . to challenge to a fight.

64.

call up,

a.	to bring forward for consideration or discussion.

b.	to cause to remember; evoke.

c.	to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.

d.	to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.

e.	Computers. to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text.

—Idioms

65.	call in sick. sick¹ (def. 14) 3e8 .

66.	call to order. order (def. 48).

67.

on call,

a.	payable or subject to return without advance notice.

b.	readily available for summoning upon short notice.

68.	take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call.

69.	within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call.

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