call

Universal Words verb, noun verb give name 1 to give sb/sth a particular name; to use a particular name or title when you are talking to sb: [VN-N] They decided to call the baby Brooklyn. * His name's Hiroshi but everyone calls him Hiro. * What do they call that new fabric? * [VN] They called their first daughter after her grandmother. * We call each other by our first names here. seealsoCALLED describe 2 to describe sb/sth in a particular way; to consider sb/sth to be sth: [VN-N] I wouldn't call German an easy language. * Are you calling me a liar? * He was in the front room, or the lounge or whatever you want to call it. * [VN-ADJ] Would you call it blue or green? * [VN-N] I make it ten pounds forty-three you owe me. Let's call it ten pounds. shout 3 ~ (sth) (out)