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call to order

call to order verb: to formally signal the start of (a meeting or function or assembly or court).

Verb

call to order (third-person singular simple present calls to order, present participle calling to order, simple past and past participle called to order)

  1. (transitive) To formally signal the start of (a meeting or function or assembly or court).

Forms of call to order

third-person singular presentcalls to order
present participlecalling to order
past participlecalled to order
pastcalled to order
alternative formgavel to order
alternative formbring to order

Questions about call to order

What does call to order mean?
Call to order means to formally signal the start of (a meeting or function or assembly or court).
What part of speech is call to order?
Call to order is a verb.
What is the past tense of call to order?
The past tense of call to order is called to order.

Words near call to order in the dictionary

  1. call to
  2. call to account
  3. call to action
  4. call to arms
  5. call to mind
  6. call to order
  7. call to prayer
  8. call to task
  9. call to the bar
  10. call together
  11. call tree

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