call

/kɔːl/

意味: 呼ぶ／電話する

例文: Aki refused to call Kai “Captain Blanket.”
　　  アキはカイを「毛布隊長」と呼ぶのを拒否した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: make a call(電話をかける), call for(求める), call off(中止する)

定義: 電話をかけることや、誰かの名前を大声で言うことを指します。また、何かを求めたり、呼びかけたりすることも含まれます。

callは約3,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a telephone connection
Noun: a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
Noun: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
Noun: a demand especially in the phrase
Noun: the characteristic sound produced by a bird
Noun: a brief social visit
Noun: a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
Noun: a demand for a show of hands in a card game
Noun: a request
Noun: an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
Noun: a visit in an official or professional capacity
Noun: (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
Noun: the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
Verb: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
Verb: ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
Verb: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Verb: utter a sudden loud cry
Verb: order, request, or command to come
Verb: pay a brief visit
Verb: call a meeting; invite or command to meet
Verb: read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
Verb: send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
Verb: utter a characteristic note or cry
Verb: stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
Verb: greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
Verb: make a stop in a harbour
Verb: demand payment of (a loan)
Verb: make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
Verb: give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
Verb: indicate a decision in regard to
Verb: make a prediction about; tell in advance
Verb: require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
Verb: challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
Verb: declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
Verb: lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
Verb: order or request or give a command for
Verb: order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
Verb: utter in a loud voice or announce
Verb: challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
Verb: consider or regard as being
Verb: rouse somebody from sleep with a call

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: she reported several anonymous calls
Noun: he placed a phone call to London
Noun: he heard the phone ringing but didn’t want to take the call
Noun: he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call
Noun: the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
Noun: the call of duty
Noun: a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age
Noun: senior professors’ wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers
Noun: the characters in Henry James’ novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence
Noun: after two raises there was a call
Noun: many calls for Christmas stories
Noun: not many calls for buggywhips
Noun: Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed
Noun: the pastor’s calls on his parishioners
Noun: the salesman’s call on a customer
Noun: he was ejected for protesting the call
Verb: They named their son David
Verb: The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
Verb: He called me a bastard
Verb: She called her children lazy and ungrateful
Verb: I tried to call you all night
Verb: Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
Verb: she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
Verb: I yelled to her from the window but she couldn’t hear me
Verb: She was called into the director’s office
Verb: Call the police!
Verb: The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
Verb: The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution’
Verb: The new dean calls meetings every week
Verb: Call roll
Verb: Hawaii is calling!
Verb: A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling
Verb: bluejays called to one another
Verb: call a football game
Verb: He always addresses me with `Sir’
Verb: Call me Mister
Verb: She calls him by first name
Verb: The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow
Verb: Call a loan
Verb: He called his trump
Verb: call balls and strikes behind the plate
Verb: Call the outcome of an election
Verb: Call a bond
Verb: He deserves to be called on that
Verb: call a runner out
Verb: Call ducks
Verb: The unions called a general strike for Sunday
Verb: He was already called 4 times for jury duty
Verb: They called him to active military duty
Verb: He called my name
Verb: The auctioneer called the bids
Verb: call the speaker on a question of fact
Verb: I would not call her beautiful
Verb: I was called at 5 A.M. this morning

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): Call, address, anticipate, bid, birdcall, birdsong, call, call in, call off, call option, call up, claim, cry, forebode, foretell, holler, hollo, margin call, name, outcry, phone, phone call, predict, prognosticate, promise, ring, scream, send for, shout, shout out, song, squall, telephone, telephone call, visit, vociferation, yell

Antonyms(反意語): put option

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): address, animal communication, ask, awaken, challenge, decision, declare, demand, entice, guess, inclination, indicate, instruction, label, meet, option, order, play, postpone, read, request, see, stop, telecommunicate, telephone, utter, utterance, visit

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abstract, ace, address, admit, appeal, apply, appointment, ask, ask out, backstop, bait, bandy, bark, bastardize, beatify, beg, bellow, bent, bid, birdcall, bite out, bleat, bowl, break into, bring to, cable, cackle, call, call forwarding, call option, call waiting, cancel, canonize, capitalize, casting lots, catch, caw, celebrate, certify, challenge, charge, chirr, chorus, churr, claim, cluck, command, command line, commission, complete, consider, coo, covered option, cradle, cricket, croak, croquet, crow, cry, curl, decoy, deem, deliver, demand, denominationalism, desire, develop, devices, dictate, die, direct, direction, disfavor, disrespect, drift, e-mail, encore, entreaty, exclamation, excuse, exit, expect, expletive, exultation, face off, favor, favoritism, fax, field, formalize, foul, fullback, fumble, gamble, gargle, gibber, give, gobble, golf, groan, growling, grumble, grunt, gurgle, haw, heave, hee-haw, hem, hiss, hold, honk, hook, hoot, howl, idealize, identify, impartiality, incentive option, include, insistence, instruct, invitation, invite, laugh, lay over, lead on, lift, like, line up, link, literalism, lock-up option, macro, make, margin call, meow, mew, miaou, misplay, moo, move, mumble, naked option, name, nasale, neigh, notification, numerate, order, paging, pant, partiality, peep, perseveration, petition, pick up, place, play out, prayer, predict, predisposition, prize, probate, proclivity, profanity, pronounce, pronunciation, propose, put option, put out, putt, quack, quarterback, questioning, rasp, read, reawaken, recall, receive, reconsider, reify, relativize, rendezvous, reorder, repeat, replay, reprieve, requisition, reserve, resolution, respect, reunite, revoke, roll call, seduce, shoot, shout, sibilate, sigh, signify, sing, site visit, smack, snarl, snooker, snort, solicit, speaking, speech, spit, sputter, squeal, start, stigmatize, stock option, stool, straddle, superannuate, supplicate, suspect, suspend, sympathy, system error, tee off, teeter-totter, telex, toggle, trick or treat, troat, trumpet, tsk, tweedle, ultimatum, unblock, visit, visitation, visiting, voice mail, volley, wage claim, walk, warn, wish, wolf-whistle

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): augur, baptize, beep, bell-like call, bellow, bet, blue murder, boo, call in, call up, call-back, call-in, catcall, cell phone, clamor, collect call, conference call, crank call, double, drop by, dub, entitle, forecast, function call, hail, halloo, hollo, hoot, hosanna, howl, hurrah, lift, local call, long distance, misname, muster, noise, outbid, outcall, overbid, post, preempt, prophesy, raise, read, recall, refer, rename, round, scream, second-guess, see, shriek, squawk, style, summon, system call, tag, term, two-note call, underbid, wake-up call, war cry, whoop, yelling, yodel

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: Call, anticipatory, bid, bidder, bidding, call, callable, caller, calling, cry, foreboding, foretelling, holler, hollering, hollo, name, namer, naming, outcry, phone, phoner, prediction, predictive, predictor, prognosis, prognostication, prognosticative, prognosticator, ring, scream, screamer, screaming, shout, shouting, sing, songster, telephone, telephoner, visit, visitant, visitor, yell, yelling

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: business, conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun, uncountable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

TOEIC600

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: