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call Verb

— If you call someone, you contact them using a telephone. Can you call me tonight at about 8:00? We called 911 and the police came in five minutes. I can't talk now. I'll call back later. — If you call to someone, you use your voice to make them notice you. I can't see you. Call out to me so I can find you. — If you call someone or something mathx/math, you say they are mathx/math. If you ever tell anyone that, I'll call you a liar. The kids at school called him an asshole. Nobody would even call him good-looking. They called it the most important hockey game ever. — If somebody is called something, that is their name. Their daughter's called Mai. She's a beautiful baby. What do you call her? — If you call somebody somewhere, you ask or tell them to come there. She called me to her office. — If you call a meeting, a stop, etc., you say you want one to happen. I've called a meeting for tomorrow, and I'd like you to be there. Coach Dan Bylsma called a timeout to give his five players a rest.

call Noun

— A call is a time when you use the telephone to contact someone. After she made the phone call, she left the office. I received three calls about the car I was selling. — A visit to someone. I paid a call to a friend. The doctor does not do house calls. — A cry or shout. He heard a call from the other side of the room. — The cry of a bird or animal. Cuckoo birds have a unique call.

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for Preposition

— shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function This cake is for you. This is a net for catching fish. — For is used to show the reason for something He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.

for Subordinator

— For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive It's not good for you to be too relaxed.

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a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

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taxi Noun

— A taxi is a vehicle (usually a car) driven by a taxi driver; the taxi driver drives you somewhere if you pay them money.

taxi Verb

— To drive an aircraft around an airport on the ground.

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