Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

call-up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.46 in modern English

Syllables: cal-l-up
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An order to report for military service.

Example Sentences

"Fly-half Aaron Cruden hyper-extended his knee horribly in contact and was carried off the pitch, forcing Graham Henry to bring on Donald - a man who was fishing for whitebait a fortnight ago before injuries to Dan Carter and Colin Slade triggered his emergency call-up."
"In addition, the call-up placed an enormous strain on the nation's railroads, suddenly faced with having to provide hundreds of trains to rush guardsmen to the border."
"Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son has earned his first call-up for the Portugal Under-15 national squad, the team announced on Tuesday."
"There will be financial and other incentives to encourage voluntary recruitment, but if that fails to find the numbers a compulsory nationwide call-up will be reconsidered."

Etymology

Deverbal from call up.

Inflected Forms

call-ups (plural) callup (alternative)

Phrases

September call-up

Questions

What does call-up mean?: An order to report for military service.
Where does call-up come from?: Deverbal from call up.

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