English Explanatory Dictionary

call out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To specify, especially in detail.
  2. To order into service; to summon into service.
  3. To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.
  4. To challenge (someone).
  5. To challenge (someone) to a duel.
  6. To challenge (someone) to a fight.
  7. To criticize or denounce (someone); to bring up previously unspoken criticisms about (someone); to point out (someone's) faults.
  8. To contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work. Regionalism short for call out sick; much more commonly: call in sick.
noun
  1. Misspelling of callout.

Pronunciation

en-au-call out.ogg

Word forms

call out calls out calling out called out

Synonyms

summon denounce point out charge

Derived words

call-out callout

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 懟 /怼 Finnish: puuttua peliin Finnish: haukkua French: interpeler German: zur Rede stellen German: angehen Hungarian: kérdőre von Hungarian: felelősségre von Irish: tabhair dúshlán Spanish: increpar Spanish: reprender Spanish: reprehender Spanish: criticar Spanish: llamar la atención Spanish: reconvenir Spanish: raspear Spanish: resondrar Spanish: zaherir Spanish: fazferir (disused)
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