"call roll" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "calls roll",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calling roll",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called roll",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called roll",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "call roll (third-person singular simple present calls roll, present participle calling roll, simple past and past participle called roll)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Danny Brown, Shooting The Pistol: Courtside Photos of Pete Maravich at LSU, page 1",
          "text": "As the 20–25 freshmen stood at attention in formation on the first day of orientation, I began to call roll.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Nancy Sylvester, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Robert's Rules",
          "text": "Instead of always beginning with the first name in the alphabet, some groups rotate how they call roll.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Julia G. Thompson, Discipline Survival Guide for the Secondary Teacher, page 147",
          "text": "Make sure to have a roster handy to call roll to make sure all of your students are safely out of the building or in their assigned positions for a lockdown drill. Teach them that you will call roll to provide for their safety and that you expect them to answer quickly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a roll call; to take attendance."
      ],
      "id": "en-call_roll-en-verb-YDbZ7OFW",
      "links": [
        [
          "roll call",
          "roll call"
        ],
        [
          "attendance",
          "attendance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To make a roll call; to take attendance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make a roll call",
          "word": "pitää nimenhuuto"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make a roll call",
          "word": "faire l’appel"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make a roll call",
          "word": "pointer"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make a roll call",
          "word": "fazer a chamada"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make a roll call",
          "word": "pasar lista"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to make a roll call",
          "word": "yoklama almak"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-call roll.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/En-au-call_roll.ogg/En-au-call_roll.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-call_roll.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "call roll"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "calls roll",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calling roll",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called roll",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called roll",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "call roll (third-person singular simple present calls roll, present participle calling roll, simple past and past participle called roll)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Danny Brown, Shooting The Pistol: Courtside Photos of Pete Maravich at LSU, page 1",
          "text": "As the 20–25 freshmen stood at attention in formation on the first day of orientation, I began to call roll.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Nancy Sylvester, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Robert's Rules",
          "text": "Instead of always beginning with the first name in the alphabet, some groups rotate how they call roll.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Julia G. Thompson, Discipline Survival Guide for the Secondary Teacher, page 147",
          "text": "Make sure to have a roster handy to call roll to make sure all of your students are safely out of the building or in their assigned positions for a lockdown drill. Teach them that you will call roll to provide for their safety and that you expect them to answer quickly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a roll call; to take attendance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "roll call",
          "roll call"
        ],
        [
          "attendance",
          "attendance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To make a roll call; to take attendance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-call roll.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/En-au-call_roll.ogg/En-au-call_roll.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-call_roll.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a roll call",
      "word": "pitää nimenhuuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a roll call",
      "word": "faire l’appel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a roll call",
      "word": "pointer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make a roll call",
      "word": "fazer a chamada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a roll call",
      "word": "pasar lista"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make a roll call",
      "word": "yoklama almak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "call roll"
}