called betydelse and definition

Betydelse av called på svenska

• 0 past simple and past participle of call

• 1 to give someone or something a name, or to know or address someone by a particular name:

  • They've called the twins Edward and Thomas.

  • What's that actor called that we saw in the film last night?

  • His real name is Jonathan, but they've always called him Johnny.

  • What's her new novel called?

  • I wish he wouldn't keep calling me "dear" - it's so patronizing!

  • Tom's worried that if he wears glasses at school the other children will call him names.

• 2 to use a phone to talk to someone:

  • He called (you) last night when you were out.

  • She called (me) this morning at the office and we had a brief chat.

  • I've been calling all morning but I can't get through.

  • Do you think we should call the police?

• 3 to consider someone or something to be:

  • He knows a lot of people, but only one or two that he'd call close friends.

  • One sandwich and a lettuce leaf - I don't call that a meal!

  • I'm not calling you a liar - I'm just suggesting that you misunderstood the facts of the situation.

  • I don't aspire to anything very grand - I just want a place I can call my own.

• 4 to say something in a loud voice, especially in order to attract someone's attention, or (of animals) to make a loud, high sound, especially to another animal:

  • Someone in the crowd called (out) his name.

  • Did you call?

  • [ + speech ] "Hey, you! Come over here!" she called.

  • The blackbird called to its mate.

  • She called for order/called the meeting to order.

• 5 to ask someone to come to you:

  • She called me over to where she was sitting.

  • I keep the bedroom door open in case the children call (for) me in the night.

  • I was called to an emergency meeting this morning.

  • At school she was always being called into the headteacher's office.

• 6 to visit someone, especially for a short time:

  • The electrician must have called (round) this morning when we were out - there's a note on the door mat.

• 7 to decide officially to have a particular event or take particular action:

  • The managing director has called a meeting to discuss pay levels.

  • The papers are predicting that the prime minister will call an election in the spring.

  • It's reckoned that the unions will call a strike if management will not agree to their demands.

  • They had to call a halt to (= end) the match because of the heavy rain.