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# call

verb (call, calls, called, calling); noun (a call, calls)

«call» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To call is to phone someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#m1)
2. To call is to shout or say loudly so someone hears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#m2)
3. To call is to give a name: «We call him Max». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#m3)
4. To call on or call in is to visit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#m4)
5. A call is a phone call, a shout, or a bird's cry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#m5)
6. To call someone can also mean to summon them so that they come to you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#m6)

### In the lessons

phone calls with minutes and costs; or naming something; in everyday safety, calling 911, 999, 000 or 111 in an emergency; phrases «call back», «call off» (cancel), «call out», «call names» (insult), «is called»

### Examples

- Each call lasts 5 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#x1)
- A call costs 10 cents a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#x2)
- She made 4 calls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#x3)
- We call a shape with 4 equal sides a square. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#x4)
- Call me when you get home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#x5)
- In an emergency, call 911. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#x6)
- The game was called off because of rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#x7)
- Mom called us in for dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#x8)
- The owl's call echoed in the woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#x9)
- It's not kind to call people names. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#x10)
- But Aladdin first called the genie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/#x11)

### Note

Calls with minutes are a rate: cost = minutes × price. Trap: «is called» names a thing, no operation. Safety: emergency numbers are 911 (USA, Canada), 999 or 112 (UK, Ireland), 000 (Australia), 111 (New Zealand).

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, to call a name often shows who the person or place is, and says why. God "calls" to people, and also gives names by calling.

**Interpretation.** The giving of a name tells something about the one named. The rabbis also read God's calling to Moses ("Moses, Moses") as a sign of love.

### Examples

- And God called the firmament Heaven. (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/call/#x1)
- And she called his name Issachar. (Torah GEN.30.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/call/#x2)
- And he called the name of it Sitnah. (Torah GEN.26.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/call/#x3)
- And the LORD called yet again Samuel. (Prophets 1SA.3.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/call/#x4)
- He that called the generations from the beginning. (Prophets ISA.41.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/call/#x5)
- And the name of the city was called Hormah. (Prophets JDG.1.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/call/#x6)

### Note

Calls with minutes are a rate: cost = minutes × price. Trap: «is called» names a thing, no operation. Safety: emergency numbers are 911 (USA, Canada), 999 or 112 (UK, Ireland), 000 (Australia), 111 (New Zealand).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «call» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/call/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«call» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/call.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «call» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/call/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«call» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/call.html) on Mova free.