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Nouns (39)

n. the blank space that surrounds the text on a page

n. (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"

n. a visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's visits to his parishioners"; "a visit to a dentist"; "the salesman's call on a customer"

call

n. a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence"

Call

n. a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"

call

n. a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"

call

n. a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call"

call

n. a term used in communications for the action taken by the transmitting station to establish a connection with the receiving station in a dial-up network

edge, margin

n. a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on the margin of the page"

margin, profit margin

n. (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold

margin, security deposit

n. the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

tolerance, allowance, margin, leeway

n. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

call, call option

n. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

call, procedure call

n. an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"

call, claim

n. a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"

call

n. a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement

call, phone call, telephone call, telephone conversation

n. a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"

call, song, birdcall, birdsong

n. the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"

call, cry, outcry, yell, shout, vociferation

n. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

Verbs (31)

call

v. rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"

call

v. challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that"

call

v. indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate"

call

v. ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful"

call

v. send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"

call

v. call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week"

call, send for

v. order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"

call, name

v. assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

call, call off

v. give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance

call, bid, make a bid

v. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump"

call, phone, ring, telephone, call up

v. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

call, visit, call in, call on, pay a call on

v. pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"

call, scream, cry, yell, shout, shout out

v. utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (88)

confines

n. a bounded scope; "he stayed within the confines of the city"

limit, bounds, boundary

n. the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"

bid, command, bidding, dictation

n. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

beck

n. a beckoning gesture

summons

n. an order to appear in person at a given place and time

threshold, verge, brink, frontier

n. a region marking a boundary

corner, turning point

n. the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"

junction

n. the place where two or more things come together

brim, rim, lip

n. the top edge of a vessel or other container

room

n. an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

apartment, flat

n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

lodging, housing

n. structures collectively in which people are housed

latitude

n. freedom from normal restraints in conduct; "the new freedom in movies and novels"; "allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money"

freedom

n. the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

license

n. excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke

advantage, vantage

n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me"

handicap

n. advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning

coupon, voucher

n. a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed

case

n. a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly"

debate, disputation, public debate

n. the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote)

tattoo

n. a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters

sign, signal, signaling, signalling

n. any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"

voice, vocalization

n. the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"

call, cry, outcry, yell, shout, vociferation

n. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

cry, yell

n. a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain"

view, opinion

n. a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"

cry, yell

n. a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain"

cheer

n. a cry or shout of approval

voice, vocalization

n. the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"

call, song, birdcall, birdsong

n. the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"

view, opinion

wave, beckon

v. signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"

whistle

v. utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody"

trill, pronounce with a trill

v. pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's"

wave, beckon

v. signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"

whistle

v. utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody"

trill, pronounce with a trill

v. pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's"

designate, denominate

v. assign a name or title to

holler, hollo, roar, clamor, clamour, vociferate

v. utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"

snivel, whine

v. talk in a tearful manner

squall, waul, wawl

v. make high-pitched, whiney noises

Synonyms (28)

convoke, convene, call together

v. call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium"

raise, call up, arouse, evoke, conjure, invoke, call forth

v. call to arms; of military personnel

raise, arouse, bring up, invoke, call forth, put forward, conjure up, call down

v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

kick up, evoke, call forth, provoke

v. evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"

call out

v. call out loudly, as of names or numbers

outcry, exclaim, cry out, call out, speak loudly

v. utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"

Antonyms (2)

put, put option

n. the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

margin call

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