I.
noun
1 on the telephone
ADJECTIVE
▪ phone , telephone
▪ long
▪ quick , short
▪
I'll just make a quick phone ~.
▪ local
▪ international , long-distance
▪ collect ( esp. AmE )
▪ incoming
▪ outgoing
▪ conference
▪ business , follow-up , sales , telemarketing ( esp. AmE )
▪
We always make follow-up ~s to ensure customer satisfaction.
▪ personal
▪
We're not supposed to make personal ~s from work.
▪ emergency , urgent
▪
He received an urgent ~ and had to leave.
▪ frantic
▪
She made a frantic phone ~ to her mother.
▪ anonymous , crank , hoax ( esp. BrE ), nuisance ( esp. BrE ), prank , unsolicited
▪ missed
▪
The screen display said ‘8 missed calls’.
▪ wake-up
▪
I ordered a wake-up ~ for 6.30 the next morning.
▪
Last night's defeat should be a wake-up ~ for the team. ( figurative )
VERB + CALL
▪ give sb , make , place
▪
Give us a ~ to say when you have arrived.
▪
She placed an anonymous ~ to the Dutch Embassy in Dublin.
▪ get , have , receive
▪ answer , deal with , field , handle , take
▪
I'll take the ~ upstairs.
▪
He spent the whole day fielding ~s from concerned parents.
▪ return
▪
I left a message but he didn't return my ~.
▪ expect
▪
Could you get off the phone? I'm expecting a ~.
▪ miss
▪
She was out and missed an important ~.
▪ end , finish
▪
I ended the ~ as quickly as possible.
▪ put through , transfer
▪
Ask the receptionist to put your ~ through to my room.
▪ intercept , monitor , screen , trace
▪
The police managed to trace the ~.
CALL + NOUN
▪ box ( BrE )
▪ centre/center
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
Were there any ~s for me while I was out?
▪ ~ from
▪
You had a ~ from Fred.
▪ ~ to
▪
I made a ~ to a friend in London.
2 sound to attract attention
ADJECTIVE
▪ loud
▪ distinctive
▪
the distinctive ~ of the cuckoo
▪ alarm , distress
▪ bird
▪ clarion , rallying ( both figurative )
▪
This election is a clarion ~ for our country to face the challenges of the new era.
VERB + CALL
▪ let out , make , sound
▪
The mosque was sounding the ~ to prayer.
▪ hear
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for help
▪ ~ to
▪
the morning ~ to prayer
3 short visit
ADJECTIVE
▪ business , courtesy , sales , social
▪ house
▪
The doctor does not usually make house ~s.
VERB + CALL
▪ make , pay (sb)
▪
The doctor has several ~s to make this morning.
PREPOSITION
▪ on a ~
▪
She's out on a ~.
▪ ~ on
▪
When he went to Ethiopia, his first ~ was on the ambassador.
PHRASES
▪ first port of ~ , last port of ~ , next port of ~
▪
Our first port of ~ ( = the first place we went ) was the bank.
4 request/demand
ADJECTIVE
▪ renewed , repeated
▪ last
▪
This is the last ~ for PAM flight 199 to Salvador.
▪ strike ( BrE )
VERB + CALL
▪ issue
▪ renew , repeat
▪
Campaigners have renewed their ~ for an independent inquiry.
▪ answer , heed , respond to
▪
It is unlikely that they will heed ~s for a crackdown.
▪
Around 10 000 workers heeded the union's strike ~. ( BrE )
▪ ignore , reject , resist
▪
The government has resisted the ~s of the international community.
CALL + NOUN
▪ button
▪
He pushed the ~ button for the flight attendant.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
The charity issued a ~ for donations to assist victims of the earthquake.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ to action
▪
The book is a ~ to action.
▪ a ~ to arms (= a strong request for people to fight in the army) ( often figurative )
▪
The president's speech was a ~ to arms to restore the vitality of the American dream.
5 ( informal ) decision
ADJECTIVE
▪ tough
▪ close
▪ judgement/judgment
▪ line , strike ( both sports )
II.
verb
1 give a name to sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ commonly , frequently
▪
Buenos Aires is often ~ed the Paris of South America.
▪ formerly , originally
▪
The area was formerly ~ed West Meadow.
▪ affectionately
▪
His friends affectionately ~ him ‘Bear’.
▪ just , simply
▪
a character whom the writer ~s simply ‘The Girl’
▪ officially
▪
The system is officially ~ed the NPV System.
▪ collectively
▪
a range of very small organisms, collectively ~ed nanoplankton
▪ variously
▪
a tree variously ~ed ‘rowan’ and ‘mountain ash’
▪ aptly , rightly
▪ tentatively
▪
He is writing a novel, tentatively ~ed ‘My Future’.
▪ euphemistically
▪
soldiers killed by what is euphemistically ~ed ‘friendly fire’
PREPOSITION
▪ by
▪
We usually ~ him by his nickname.
PHRASES
▪ you could hardly ~ sth … , you would hardly ~ sth …
▪
You could hardly ~ the show perfect, but it was successful.
2 make sound to attract attention
ADVERB
▪ softly
▪ loudly
▪ out
▪
She ~ed out in pain.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
He ~ed for help, but no one could hear.
▪ to
▪
a female penguin ~ing to her mate
3 telephone
ADVERB
▪ back
▪
I'll ~ back later.
▪
Leave a message and I'll ~ you back.
▪ ahead
▪
You should ~ ahead to make sure that seats are available.
▪ free ( BrE ), toll-free ( AmE )
▪
Call us free/toll-free on this number.
▪ collect ( AmE )
Call is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ critic , ↑ duty , ↑ judge , ↑ prosecution , ↑ viewer , ↑ voice
Call is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ assembly , ↑ attention , ↑ cab , ↑ ceasefire , ↑ conference , ↑ congress , ↑ coward , ↑ desk , ↑ doctor , ↑ election , ↑ elevator , fire brigade, ↑ firefighter , ↑ fool , ↑ foul , ↑ greeting , ↑ halt , ↑ head , ↑ hotline , ↑ idiot , ↑ inspector , ↑ liar , ↑ meeting , ↑ name , ↑ news conference , ↑ number , ↑ office , ↑ phone , ↑ pitch , ↑ play , ↑ police , ↑ policeman , ↑ press conference , ↑ realtor , ↑ reception , ↑ recess , ↑ referendum , ↑ register , ↑ retreat , ↑ roll , ↑ servant , ↑ session , ↑ stoppage , ↑ strike , ↑ summit , ↑ switchboard , ↑ taxi , ↑ toss , ↑ traitor , ↑ truce , ↑ vet , ↑ veterinarian , ↑ waiter, waitress , ↑ witness