"call off" meaning in All languages combined

See call off on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: calls off [present, singular, third-person], calling off [participle, present], called off [participle, past], called off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} call off (third-person singular simple present calls off, present participle calling off, simple past and past participle called off)
  1. (transitive) To recall; to cancel or call a halt to. Tags: transitive Synonyms: cancel, withcall Derived forms: call-off, call off the dogs Translations (to cancel): odvolat (Czech), perua (Finnish), გაჩერება (gačereba) (Georgian), შეჩერება (šečereba) (Georgian), შეწყვეტა (šec̣q̇veṭa) (Georgian), absagen (German), odwołać (Polish), cancelar (Portuguese), отзывать (otzyvatʹ) (Russian), отменять (otmenjatʹ) (Russian), cancelar (Spanish), terminar (Spanish), parar (Spanish), iptal (Turkish), відміня́ти (vidminjáty) (Ukrainian), відклика́ти (vidklykáty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-call_off-en-verb-k2dbXnYu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'to cancel': 100 0
  2. (intransitive) To telephone in one's notice of a day's absence from work. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: call in sick
    Sense id: en-call_off-en-verb-DNMU0QRt

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for call off meaning in All languages combined (5.3kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "calls off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calling off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "call off (third-person singular simple present calls off, present participle calling off, simple past and past participle called off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "call-off"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "call off the dogs"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you want me to call off the dog, then get off my land.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "After four months, the police called off the search for the missing boy.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1937, “Let's Call the Whole Thing Off”, Ira Gershwin (lyrics), George Gershwin (music)",
          "text": "You say either and I say either, / You say neither and I say neither / Either, either Neither, neither / Let's call the whole thing off",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 September 21, “Network News: Unions postpone action during period of national mourning”, in RAIL, number 966, page 15",
          "text": "National rail strikes by ASLEF members on September 15 and by RMT members on September 15 and 19 were immediately called off.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recall; to cancel or call a halt to."
      ],
      "id": "en-call_off-en-verb-k2dbXnYu",
      "links": [
        [
          "recall",
          "recall"
        ],
        [
          "cancel",
          "cancel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To recall; to cancel or call a halt to."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cancel"
        },
        {
          "word": "withcall"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "odvolat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "perua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gačereba",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "გაჩერება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šečereba",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "შეჩერება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šec̣q̇veṭa",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "შეწყვეტა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "absagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "odwołać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "cancelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otzyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "отзывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otmenjatʹ",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "отменять"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "cancelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "terminar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "parar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "iptal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidminjáty",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "відміня́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidklykáty",
          "sense": "to cancel",
          "word": "відклика́ти"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To telephone in one's notice of a day's absence from work."
      ],
      "id": "en-call_off-en-verb-DNMU0QRt",
      "links": [
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ],
        [
          "notice",
          "notice"
        ],
        [
          "absence",
          "absence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To telephone in one's notice of a day's absence from work."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "call in sick"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "call off"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "call-off"
    },
    {
      "word": "call off the dogs"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "calls off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calling off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "call off (third-person singular simple present calls off, present participle calling off, simple past and past participle called off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you want me to call off the dog, then get off my land.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "After four months, the police called off the search for the missing boy.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1937, “Let's Call the Whole Thing Off”, Ira Gershwin (lyrics), George Gershwin (music)",
          "text": "You say either and I say either, / You say neither and I say neither / Either, either Neither, neither / Let's call the whole thing off",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 September 21, “Network News: Unions postpone action during period of national mourning”, in RAIL, number 966, page 15",
          "text": "National rail strikes by ASLEF members on September 15 and by RMT members on September 15 and 19 were immediately called off.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recall; to cancel or call a halt to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "recall",
          "recall"
        ],
        [
          "cancel",
          "cancel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To recall; to cancel or call a halt to."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cancel"
        },
        {
          "word": "withcall"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To telephone in one's notice of a day's absence from work."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ],
        [
          "notice",
          "notice"
        ],
        [
          "absence",
          "absence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To telephone in one's notice of a day's absence from work."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "call in sick"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "odvolat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "perua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gačereba",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "გაჩერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šečereba",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "შეჩერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šec̣q̇veṭa",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "შეწყვეტა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "absagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "odwołać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "cancelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otzyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "отзывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otmenjatʹ",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "отменять"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "cancelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "terminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "parar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "iptal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidminjáty",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "відміня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidklykáty",
      "sense": "to cancel",
      "word": "відклика́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "call off"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-07-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (e79c026 and b863ecc). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.