"call out" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-call out.ogg [Australia] Forms: call outs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} call out (plural call outs)
  1. Misspelling of callout. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: callout
    Sense id: en-call_out-en-noun-a9i-XiaG Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 10 4 24 24 8 29

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-call out.ogg [Australia] Forms: calls out [present, singular, third-person], calling out [participle, present], called out [participle, past], called out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} call out (third-person singular simple present calls out, present participle calling out, simple past and past participle called out)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To specify, especially in detail. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to specify): speksata (Finnish), määritellä (Finnish), préciser (French), spécifier (French), заявля́ть (zajavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), especificar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-call_out-en-verb-D4R8nOmQ Disambiguation of 'to specify': 86 1 3 3 7
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To order into service; to summon into service. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: summon Translations (to order into service; to summon into service): kutsua palvelukseen (Finnish), convoquer (French), appeler (French), kihív (Hungarian), kirendel (Hungarian), kivezényel (Hungarian), evoco (Latin), вызыва́ть (vyzyvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́звать (výzvatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), llamar (Spanish), convocar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-call_out-en-verb-Qe~x5L-a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 36 16 6 34 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 10 4 24 24 8 29 Disambiguation of 'to order into service; to summon into service': 0 90 2 1 6
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce. Tags: intransitive, transitive Derived forms: call-out [noun], callout [noun] Translations (to yell out): kuuluttaa (Finnish), annoncer (French), crier (French), bemond (Hungarian), назва́ть (nazvátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), clamar (Spanish), houkî (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-call_out-en-verb-2Vr6qznJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 36 16 6 34 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 10 4 24 24 8 29 Disambiguation of 'to yell out': 3 1 86 2 7
  4. (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To challenge, criticize, denounce. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: denounce, point out, charge Translations (to challenge): (Chinese Mandarin), (duǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), puuttua peliin (Finnish), haukkua (Finnish), interpeler (French), zur Rede stellen (German), angehen (German), kérdőre von (Hungarian), felelősségre von (Hungarian), tabhair dúshlán (Irish), increpar (Spanish), reprender (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-call_out-en-verb-RpN27wF4 Disambiguation of 'to challenge': 8 3 3 79 7
  5. (intransitive, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut) 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. Tags: New-Jersey, New-York, intransitive Translations (to contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work): ilmoittaa poissaolosta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-call_out-en-verb-nb0ziWLZ Categories (other): Connecticut English, New Jersey English, New York English, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 36 16 6 34 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 8 7 20 16 12 36 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 10 4 24 24 8 29 Disambiguation of "to contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work": 2 6 15 3 75

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Ninety-nine Decision Street\nNinety-nine ministers meet\nTo worry, worry, super scurry\nCall the troops out in a hurry"
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        {
          "ref": "2022 January 26, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Government's IRP claims condemned as \"dishonest\"”, in RAIL, number 949, page 7",
          "text": "He added: \"We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted.",
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          "_dis1": "8 3 3 79 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to challenge",
          "word": "懟"
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          "roman": "duǐ",
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          "word": "怼"
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "zur Rede stellen"
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          "word": "angehen"
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          "word": "kérdőre von"
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          "sense": "to challenge",
          "word": "felelősségre von"
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          "word": "increpar"
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          "ref": "2012, Earliecia J. Ebron, Regress",
          "text": "I had to call out from work. […] I barely ate yesterday. The only thing that stayed in my stomach was soup and crackers.",
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          "ref": "2015, Brasford Love, My Life: The Journey to Here",
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          "ref": "2015, Pearley Rufus-Lusan, The Baby Boomer Nurse",
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        {
          "text": "They call out 304 stainless steel in the drawing, but the part was made from aluminum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To specify, especially in detail."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "specify",
          "specify"
        ],
        [
          "detail",
          "detail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To specify, especially in detail."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Governor called out the National Guard.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, Nena, 99 Red Balloons (lyrics written by Kevin McAlea)",
          "text": "Ninety-nine Decision Street\nNinety-nine ministers meet\nTo worry, worry, super scurry\nCall the troops out in a hurry"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To order into service; to summon into service."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ],
        [
          "summon",
          "summon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To order into service; to summon into service."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "summon"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1971, Carole King, “You’ve Got A Friend”, Tapestry, Ode Records\nYou just call out my name / And you know wherever I am / I'll come running to see you again."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yell",
          "yell"
        ],
        [
          "vocalize",
          "vocalize"
        ],
        [
          "audibly",
          "audibly"
        ],
        [
          "announce",
          "announce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, transitive) To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was very insulting. Finally Jack called him out and shut him up.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "She called them out on their lies.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 26, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Government's IRP claims condemned as \"dishonest\"”, in RAIL, number 949, page 7",
          "text": "He added: \"We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To challenge, criticize, denounce."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "challenge",
          "challenge"
        ],
        [
          "criticize",
          "criticize"
        ],
        [
          "denounce",
          "denounce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To challenge, criticize, denounce."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "denounce"
        },
        {
          "word": "point out"
        },
        {
          "word": "charge"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Connecticut English",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "New Jersey English",
        "New York English",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Earliecia J. Ebron, Regress",
          "text": "I had to call out from work. […] I barely ate yesterday. The only thing that stayed in my stomach was soup and crackers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Brasford Love, My Life: The Journey to Here",
          "text": "I had to call out from work a few Saturdays to Dj at kid's party because they would normally start somewhere around 4:00 p.m.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Pearley Rufus-Lusan, The Baby Boomer Nurse",
          "text": "On this particular day, I felt ill, mostly from exhaustion, and had to call out from work. This callout caused a stir and a display of animosity.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "workplace",
          "workplace"
        ],
        [
          "call out sick",
          "call out sick"
        ],
        [
          "call in sick",
          "call in sick"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Connecticut",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut) 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Jersey",
        "New-York",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-call out.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/En-au-call_out.ogg/En-au-call_out.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/En-au-call_out.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to specify",
      "word": "speksata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to specify",
      "word": "määritellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to specify",
      "word": "préciser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to specify",
      "word": "spécifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zajavljátʹ",
      "sense": "to specify",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заявля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to specify",
      "word": "especificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to order into service; to summon into service",
      "word": "kutsua palvelukseen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to order into service; to summon into service",
      "word": "convoquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to order into service; to summon into service",
      "word": "appeler"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to order into service; to summon into service",
      "word": "kihív"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to order into service; to summon into service",
      "word": "kirendel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to order into service; to summon into service",
      "word": "kivezényel"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to order into service; to summon into service",
      "word": "evoco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyzyvátʹ",
      "sense": "to order into service; to summon into service",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вызыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výzvatʹ",
      "sense": "to order into service; to summon into service",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́звать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to order into service; to summon into service",
      "word": "llamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to order into service; to summon into service",
      "word": "convocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to yell out",
      "word": "kuuluttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to yell out",
      "word": "annoncer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to yell out",
      "word": "crier"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to yell out",
      "word": "bemond"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nazvátʹ",
      "sense": "to yell out",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "назва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to yell out",
      "word": "clamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to yell out",
      "word": "houkî"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to challenge",
      "word": "懟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duǐ",
      "sense": "to challenge",
      "word": "怼"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to challenge",
      "word": "puuttua peliin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to challenge",
      "word": "haukkua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to challenge",
      "word": "interpeler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to challenge",
      "word": "zur Rede stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to challenge",
      "word": "angehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to challenge",
      "word": "kérdőre von"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to challenge",
      "word": "felelősségre von"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to challenge",
      "word": "tabhair dúshlán"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to challenge",
      "word": "increpar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to challenge",
      "word": "reprender"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work",
      "word": "ilmoittaa poissaolosta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "call out"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with manual fragments",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "call outs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "call out (plural call outs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "callout"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English misspellings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of callout."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "callout",
          "callout#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "misspelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-call out.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/En-au-call_out.ogg/En-au-call_out.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/En-au-call_out.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "call out"
}

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