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

Now 38, Hoberg became a professional umpire in 2009, made his big-league debut as a call-up on March 31, 2014, and joined the major-league staff ahead of the 2017 season. —Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025

Garcia has also represented Spain at the youth level and received a single senior national team call-up. —Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025

Verb

The curators’ skittishness is understandable, for any mention of Friedrich vis-à-vis war calls up the specter of Nazism. —Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Feb. 2025

Listen to this article The Chicago Blackhawks called up top prospect Artyom Levshunov from the Rockford IceHogs on Monday to practice with the team during the AHL’s All-Star break. —Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

call-up

noun

ˈkȯ-ˌləp

: an order to report for military service