call-up

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noun

1
: an order to report for military service
2
: a baseball player brought up to a major league team from the minor leagues

call up

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verb

called up; calling up; calls up

transitive verb

1
: to summon together (as for a united effort)
call up all his forces for the attack
2
: to bring to mind : evoke
3
: to summon before an authority
4
a
: to summon for active military duty
b
: to bring up from a minor league to a major league baseball team
5
: to bring forward for consideration or action
6
: to retrieve from the memory of a computer especially for display and user interaction

Examples of call-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Some observers believe Putin would have to wait until after the election to take the potentially unpopular step of another big call-up. Nathan Hodge, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024 They’ve also been buoyed by their own call-up, Logan Stankoven, who has notched eight points in his first six NHL games. Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 7 Mar. 2024 Jolted by the violence against secular communities along the Gaza border, and moved by the thousands of reservists responding to military call-ups, Ms. Irom pondered how to reach across the social divide. Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024 During his first call-up, the former fifth-round pick used a slider to complement his go-to fastball-changeup combination. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024 Bendix wants to improve the team’s scouting and player development and rebuild the now-barren farm system, whose only top-100 prospect (at number 57) is a 19-year-old righty pitcher named Noble Meyer who might be ready for a call-up around, say, 2026. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024 Twenty-six umpires were assigned full spring training schedules last year, and 21 of those were assigned to the in-season call-up list. Ben Walker and Ronald Blum, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024 Also dictating tempo has been Zellweger, a rookie call-up who has made a quick impression. Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2024 Under Nichols, 10 players received NBA call-ups, and the team reached the second round of the playoffs in 2022 and 2023. Shelby Stewart, Essence, 5 Feb. 2024
Verb
After the Hamas attack in southern Israel killed around 1,200 people, hundreds of thousands of Israeli reservists were called up for duty. Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024 Shortly before the game, Gwynn was called up behind home plate to accept a check for $1 million from Moores to SDSU’s athletic department. Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024 Feeling inspired by the City of Light, as well as content within her personal and professional life, Gomez called up longtime songwriting collaborator Julia Michaels and came up with a lyrical concept at once airy and flirtatious. Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2024 Messi has also been called up for a pair of Copa America warmup matches with the Argentine national team March 22 against El Salvador in Philadelphia and March 26 against Costa Rica in Los Angeles. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024 Liv Morgan also returned in the women’s Royal Rumble following injury, while surprise Aussie Sweetheart Stratton was recently called up to the main roster. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024 Monday’s meeting was tense even before the cease-fire proclamation was called up. Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2024 He was called up and sent back down five times until the middle of the 2012 season, when something clicked. Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024 Ordóñez and Pelayo were both called up to U.S. age-group national teams but chose to leave and play for Mexico at the senior level. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of call-up was in 1523

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“Call-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call-up. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

call-up

noun
ˈkȯ-ˌləp
: an order to report for military service

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