Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

call to arms

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: cal-l -to arms
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An appeal to fight or to engage in conflict.

noun

An appeal to undertake a particular course of action or to support a specific cause; a call to action.

Example Sentences

"This is a call to arms, will you stand beside me? This is our time to fight, no more compromising"

Inflected Forms

calls to arms (plural) call-to-arms (alternative)

Questions

What does call to arms mean?: An appeal to fight or to engage in conflict.

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