WAKE-UP CALL

Meaning of WAKE-UP CALL in English

■ noun a telephone call made at a prearranged time to wake someone up.

↘something that alerts people to an unsatisfactory situation.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

WAKE-UP CALL — noun Date: 1976 something (as a telephone call from a hotel employee to a guest) that serves to wake a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAKE-UP CALL — noun 1. : a telephone call (as from a hotel employee to a hotel guest) that serves to wake one …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAKE-UP CALL — Date: 1976 1. : something (as a telephone call from a hotel employee to a guest) that serves to wake …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAKE-UP CALL — Function: noun Date: 1976 1 : something (as a telephone call from a hotel employee to a guest) that serves …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WAKE-UP CALL — noun 1. a telephone call that you arrange to be made to you at a particular time, for example in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAKE-UP CALL — ˈwake-up ˌcall BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . an experience or event that shocks you and makes you realize that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAKE-UP CALL — ( wake-up calls) 1. A wake-up call is a telephone call that you can book through an operator or at …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAKE-UP CALL — (~s) 1. A ~ is a telephone call that you can book through an operator or at a hotel to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WAKE-UP CALL — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The latest report on increased drug use is a wake-up call for America. EXAMPLES …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAKE-UP CALL — See a wake-up call
English Idioms vocabulary
WAKE-UP CALL — 1) (в гостинице) звонок в номер в назначенное постояльцем время ( вместо будильника ) to ask for a wake-up call …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WAKE-UP CALL — 1) (в гостинице) звонок в номер в назначенное постояльцем время (вместо будильника) to ask for a wake-up call at 6 a.m. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WAKE — I. ˈwāk verb ( waked ˈwākt ; or woke ˈwōk ; waked or wok·en ˈwōkən ; or woke ; waking …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALL — I. ˈkȯl verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English callen, probably from Old Norse kalla; akin to Old English hilde …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAKE — wake 1 — waker , n. /wayk/ , v. , waked or woke, waked or woken, waking , n. v.i. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CALL — /kawl/ , v.t. 1. to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAKE — I. ˈwāk verb ( woke ˈwōk ; also waked wākt ; wo·ken ˈwō-kən ; or waked also woke ; wak·ing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CALL — I. ˈkȯl verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kalla; akin to Old English hilde calla battle herald, Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAKE — vt to watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body. 2. wake ·vt to rouse from sleep; …
Webster English vocab
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
CALL — noun ·see assessment, 4. 2. call ·noun vocation; employment. 3. call ·noun a divine vocation or summons. 4. call ·vi …
Webster English vocab
WAKE — [wake] vb woke also waked ; wo.ken or waked also woke ; wak.ing [partly fr. ME waken (past wook, pp. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CALL — [call] vb [ME, fr. ON kalla; akin to OE hildecalla battle herald, OHG kallon to talk loudly, OCS glasu voice] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAKE — watch or vigil held over the body of a dead person before burial and sometimes accompanied by festivity; also, in …
Britannica English vocabulary
WAKE — wake, Wake BrE AmE weɪk ▷ waked weɪkt ▷ wakes weɪks ▷ waking ˈweɪk ɪŋ ▷ woke wəʊk AmE woʊk …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAKE — / weɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( woke / wəʊk; NAmE / woken / ˈwəʊkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CALL — / kɔːl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb GIVE NAME 1. to give sb/sth a particular name; to use …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAKE — I. wake 1 S2 W3 /weɪk/ BrE AmE ( also wake up ) verb ( past tense woke /wəʊk $ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CALL — I. call 1 S1 W1 /kɔːl $ kɒːl/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAKE — v. & n. --v. (past woke or waked; past part. woken or waked) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CALL — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a (often foll. by out) cry, shout; speak loudly. b (of a bird or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAKE — v. & n. v. (past woke or waked; past part. woken or waked) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CALL — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (often foll. by out) cry, shout; speak loudly. b (of a bird or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAKE — 1. v. & n. --v. (past woke or waked; past part. woken or waked) 1. intr. & tr. (often foll. …
Oxford English vocab
CALL — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. a (often foll. by out) cry, shout; speak loudly. b (of a bird or …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAKE — ( wakes, waking, woke, woken) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CALL — ( calls, calling, called) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAKE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a living/waking nightmare (= something extremely bad that happens in your life ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CALL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a personal call ▪ Are you sure your boss doesn’t mind your using the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAKE — (WATER) [noun] [C] - an area of water whose movement has been changed by a boat or ship moving through …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WAKE — (also wake up ) verb 1 stop being asleep ADVERB ▪ early , late ▪ She had woken even earlier …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
CALL — n. 25B6; verb Wait for me! she called : CRY (OUT), shout, yell, bellow, roar, bawl, scream, vociferate; informal holler. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WAKE — n. 1 track, trail, aftermath, path, backwash, wash, bow wave; trace, spoor, scent The wake from the passing boats damages …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WAKE — v. 1 Often, wake up. awaken, awake, rouse, waken, bring around; stir, bestir (oneself), get up, come to, get going …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CALL — v. 1 shout, cry (out), hail, yell, roar, bellow, call out, Colloq holler I heard someone calling my name 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WAKE — I 1. гл. 1) а) просыпаться, будить (часто wake up) What time did you wake up this morning? ≈ В …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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WAKE — wake.ogg _I 1. weık n 1. поэт. бодрствование sleep and wake - сон и бодрствование 2. ирл. 1> бдение (у …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CALL
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAKE — след за телом в потоке, спутная струя; турбулентный след; мор. тж. кильватерная струя - aircraft wake - near wake - …
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