Another word for call

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Verb

To speak or say very loudly or with a shout

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To demand to appear, come, or assemble

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To bring together

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To give a name or title to

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To describe with a word or term

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To communicate with (someone) by telephone

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To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize

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pay a visit

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To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference

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Noun

A loud cry

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A telephone communication

ring
buzz

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That which provides a reason or justification

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why-and-wherefore

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The act of demanding

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An act or an instance of going or coming to see another

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The power or quality of attracting

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call down

To criticize for a fault or an offense

call for

To be a proper or sufficient occasion for

call for

To have as a need or prerequisite

call for

To ask for urgently or insistently

call off

To decide not to go ahead with (something previously arranged)

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Another word for call

Noun

A shout

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Characteristic sound

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A brief visit

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Word of command

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An invitation

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Verb

To raise the voice

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To address or label as

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To bring a body of people together

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To invite

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To request or demand

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To estimate

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To telephone

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To arouse

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To declare

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To visit briefly

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on-call

within call

Synonym Study

Invite suggests a courteous request for someone's presence, esp. as a guest or participant, and usually suggests that the decision to come rests with the invited
Convoke and convene refer to the summoning of a group to assemble, as for deliberation or legislation, but convoke implies greater authority or formality to convene a class, to convoke a congress
Summon , a more formal term, implies authority or peremptoriness in the request to summon a witness
Call , in this comparison, is the basic word signifying to request the presence of someone at some place he called the waiter over

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