Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on call

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.49 in modern English

Syllables: on -call
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Available to be summoned.

Example Sentences

"1984-1986, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Know I cannot rely on him to do anything for me while recovering from my surgery. But Bridget & Maryellen are very willing to be on-call for me and even Jim/Kathleen are offering their place for me to come over."
"He spent the weekend on call and couldn't fully relax."
"Get the surgeon on call in here right now!"
"Who is on call tonight?"

Inflected Forms

on-call (alternative)

Phrases

on firecall at someone's beck and call on duty

Frequently Paired Words

at someone's beck and call on duty

Synonyms

at call

Questions

What does on call mean?: Available to be summoned.

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