"call up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-call up.ogg Forms: calls up [present, singular, third-person], calling up [participle, present], called up [participle, past], called up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} call up (third-person singular simple present calls up, present participle calling up, simple past and past participle called up)
  1. (transitive) To retrieve from personal or computer memory. Tags: transitive Translations (to retrieve from memory): palauttaa muistiin [person] (Finnish), hakea muistista [computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Finnish), rievocare [personal] (Italian), prendere [computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-call_up-en-verb-6G1lQw0F Disambiguation of 'to retrieve from memory': 77 3 7 13
  2. (transitive) To summon (someone) to report for military service. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-call_up-en-verb-TZ1Y1zLA
  3. (transitive) To select e.g. to a sports squad. Tags: transitive Translations (to select): kutsua (Finnish), valita (Finnish), sélectionner (French), selezionare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-call_up-en-verb-nfJXobp~ Disambiguation of 'to select': 3 5 71 21
  4. (transitive, idiomatic) To call on the telephone. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: ring up Derived forms: call-up [noun], callup [noun] Related terms: commandeer Translations (to call on telephone): opbellen (Dutch), bellen (Dutch), soittaa [with-allative] (Finnish), appeler (French), chiamare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-call_up-en-verb-5uAf-eJE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 12 25 51 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 13 14 17 56 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 14 13 15 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 14 14 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 16 17 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 11 11 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 15 15 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 10 18 64 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 14 15 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 12 11 65 Disambiguation of 'to call on telephone': 1 8 2 89

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1976 April 17, A. Nolder Gay, “The View from the Closet”, in Gay Community News, page 13:",
          "text": "I remember looking in the card catalogue of the main Public Library under \"Homosexuality\" and not daring to call up the books because \"they\" might think I was one.",
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          "ref": "2017 July 27, Tony Leondis, “The Emoji Movie is Inside Out crossed with a Sony commercial and dunked in toxic ooze”, in The Onion AV Club:",
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To call on the telephone."
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          "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to retrieve from memory",
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        "sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
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      "word": "chiamare"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to select",
      "word": "valita"
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