call

[ko:l] 1. verb

1) (to give a name to: My name is Alexander but I'm called Sandy by my friends) klicati

2) (to regard (something) as: I saw you turn that card over - I call that cheating.) imenovati

3) (to speak loudly (to someone) to attract attention etc: Call everyone over here; She called louder so as to get his attention.) poklicati

4) (to summon; to ask (someone) to come (by letter, telephone etc): They called him for an interview for the job; He called a doctor.) poklicati

5) (to make a visit: I shall call at your house this evening; You were out when I called.) oglasiti se

6) (to telephone: I'll call you at 6 p.m.) telefonirati

7) ((in card games) to bid.) klicati

2. noun

1) (an exclamation or shout: a call for help.) klic

2) (the song of a bird: the call of a blackbird.) ptičje petje

3) (a (usually short) visit: The teacher made a call on the boy's parents.) (kratek) obisk

4) (the act of calling on the telephone: I've just had a call from the police.) telefonski klic

5) ((usually with the) attraction: the call of the sea.) klic

6) (a demand: There's less call for coachmen nowadays.) povpraševanje

7) (a need or reason: You've no call to say such things!) potreba, razlog

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- caller

- calling
- call-box
- call for
- call off
- call on
- call up
- give someone a call
- give a call
- on call

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I [kɔ:l]

1.

transitive verb

klicati, poklicati; zbuditi, imenovati; smatrati; sklicati; American telefonirati; commerce terjati; American familiarly grajati; Bible zadeti, doleteti;

2.

intransitive verb

klicati, vpiti; telefonirati; (on, upon) obiskati, priti; marine (at) pristati; (at) oglasiti se pri, zaviti kam

to call attention to s.th. — opozoriti na kaj

to call to account — poklicati na odgovor

what age do you call him? — koliko mislite, da je star?

American colloquially let it call a day — naj bo za danes dovolj

to call to mind — spomniti, priklicati v spomin

to call s.o. names — (o)zmerjati koga

to have nothing to call one's own — biti brez sredstev

to call in question — (po)dvomiti

to call a spade a spade, to call things by their names — reči bobu bob

to call it square ( —ali quits) — smatrati za urejeno

to call into being — ustvariti

to call a halt — ustaviti se

to call a meeting — sklicati sestanek

not to have a moment to call one's own — ne imeti niti trenutka zase

to call to order — posvariti, opomniti

to call the banns — oklicati

to call cousins with s.o. — sklicevati se na sorodstvo s kom

to call into play — spraviti v tek

to call to witness — poklicati za pričo

to be called — imenovati se

to be called to the bar — postati odvetnik

to call the roll military poklicati zbor, klicati po imenih

II [kɔl]

noun

klic, poziv, sklic; zvočni signal, vabilka za ptiče; (kratek) obisk (on s.o., at a place); prihod ladje v pristanišče; vabilo; poklic; imenovanje; zahteva, prošnja; povod; nalog; telefonski klic; commerce opomin; povpraševanje (po blagu)

at call — pripravljen izvršiti nalog, na razpolago; blizu, nedaleč

call to arms ( —ali the colours) — vpoklic

to have no call to do s.th. — ne imeti povoda, ne čutiti potrebe nekaj storiti

to have no call on s.o.'s time — ne imeti pravice koga zadrževati

to pay ( —ali make) a call (on) — obiskati, oglasiti se

to have a close call — za las uiti

to obey the call of nature — iti na stran

roll call — klicanje imen prisotnih

to give a call — poklicati po telefonu

for the call of — na razpolago (koga)

to take a call — stopiti pred zastor (igralec po ploskanju)

within call — dosegljiv

house of call — zatočišče; borza dela

place of call — trgovska hiša

no call to blush — ni se ti treba sramovati