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roll-call

roll-call is the alternative form of roll call.

Meaning of roll call

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To read aloud from a list of names, in order to determine who is present or absent.

See all 5 meanings of roll call

Forms of roll-call

third-person singular presentroll-calls
present participleroll-calling
past participleroll-called
pastroll-called

Questions about roll-call

What is roll-call the alternative form of?
Roll-call is the alternative form of roll call.

Words near roll-call in the dictionary

  1. roll ups
  2. roll with
  3. roll with it
  4. roll with the punches
  5. roll'd
  6. roll-call
  7. roll-called
  8. roll-calling
  9. roll-calls
  10. roll-neck
  11. roll-necks

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