Search Result for "call_in":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (7)

1. summon to enter;
- Example: "The nurse called in the next patient"

2. summon to a particular activity or employment;
- Example: "Experts were called in"

3. pay a brief visit;
- Example: "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
[syn: visit, call in, call]

4. take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player;

5. make a phone call;
- Example: "call in to a radio station"
- Example: "call in sick"

6. demand payment of (a loan);
- Example: "Call a loan"
[syn: call, call in]

7. cause to be returned;
- Example: "recall the defective auto tires"
- Example: "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
[syn: recall, call in, call back, withdraw]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

call in v 1: summon to enter; "The nurse called in the next patient" 2: summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were called in" 3: pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" [syn: visit, call in, call] 4: take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player 5: make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick" 6: demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan" [syn: call, call in] 7: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn: recall, call in, call back, withdraw]