"call up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-call up.ogg [Australia] 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': 54 32 5 9
  2. (transitive) To summon (someone) to report for military service. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-call_up-en-verb-TZ1Y1zLA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 57 12 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 59 11 22 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 11 46 13 30 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 10 52 15 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 56 10 27
  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 Disambiguation of 'to call on telephone': 1 8 2 89

Inflected forms

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