call-up

1 of 2

noun

ˈkȯl-ˌəp 

1

: an order to report for military service

2

: a baseball player brought up to a major league team from the minor leagues

call up

2 of 2

verb

called up; calling up; calls up

transitive verb

1

: to summon together (as for a united effort)

call up all his forces for the attack

2

: to bring to mind : evoke

3

: to summon before an authority

4

a

: to summon for active military duty

b

: to bring up from a minor league to a major league baseball team

5

: to bring forward for consideration or action

6

: to retrieve from the memory of a computer especially for display and user interaction

Examples of call-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Things have gotten to a point where Story has begun batting seventh in the lineup, below recent Triple-A call-up Nick Sogard. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025

Who’s next in line for a call-up, and did anyone rise or fall last season? —Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 21 May 2025

Verb

Up next: Kane has been called up for England’s World Cup qualifier against Andorra on June 7 and a friendly against Senegal on June 10. —Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 May 2025

But miracles do happen, and he was called up by the Miami Marlins on April 20, as a reserve infielder. —Michael Peregrine, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for call-up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup

Kids Definition

call-up

noun

ˈkȯ-ˌləp

: an order to report for military service