call-up

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noun

ˈkȯl-ˌəp 

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

Two stocks are getting the call-up from our Bullpen stocks-to-watch list. —Jeff Marks, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024

The Dortmund winger has scored five goals and five assists in eight games across all competitions this season and would have been a logical candidate for a call-up. —Manuel Veth, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024

Verb

For the tens of thousands of Israelis who volunteered or were called up to fight, the war in Gaza was seen not only seen as an act of self-defense but as an existential battle. —Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024

Cody Barton sacked Spencer Rattler and newly called up Kwon Alexander grabbed the recovery. —Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

call-up

noun

ˈkȯ-ˌləp

: an order to report for military service