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call-up

call-up noun: an order to report for military service.

Noun

call-up (plural call-ups)

  1. An order to report for military service.
    • 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.2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport
    • 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.2015, Charles H. Harris, Louis R. Sadler, The Great Call-Up, page 6

call-up meaning in Tamil

call-up in Tamil

வரவழைப்பு, கொண்டு வருகை, முன்னிலைப்படுத்துகை, நினைவுக்குக் கொண்டு வருதல்

Examples of call-up in a sentence

  • Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son has earned his first call-up for the Portugal Under-15 national squad, the team announced on Tuesday.2025 May 7, Ben Morse, “‘Proud of you’: Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son earns first call-up for Portugal Under-15 national team”, in CNN:
  • 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.2025 November 13, Kate Connolly, “Germany decides against conscription to replenish post-cold war military”, in The Guardian:

Forms of call-up

pluralcall-ups
alternative formcallup

Origin of call-up

Deverbal from call up.

Words formed from call-up

Questions about call-up

What does call-up mean?
Call-up means an order to report for military service.
What is call-up in Tamil?
Call-up in Tamil is வரவழைப்பு, கொண்டு வருகை, முன்னிலைப்படுத்துகை. See Call-up meaning in Tamil.
How do you use call-up in a sentence?
Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son has earned his first call-up for the Portugal Under-15 national squad, the team announced on Tuesday.
What part of speech is call-up?
Call-up is a noun.
What is the plural of call-up?
The plural of call-up is call-ups.

Words near call-up in the dictionary

  1. call-response
  2. call-shy
  3. call-sign
  4. call-signs
  5. call-to-arms
  6. call-up
  7. call-ups
  8. call-with-current-continuation
  9. calla
  10. calla lilies
  11. calla lily

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Adapted from Wiktionary: call-up (page history and authors); call-up (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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