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

Many believe the Red Sox' time to invest is now, as their handful of top prospects are on the verge of getting their major league call-up. —Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024

Two stocks are getting the call-up from our Bullpen stocks-to-watch list. —Jeff Marks, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024

Verb

Not to mention some of his many great feats with the team: —He was called up at the end of the 1980 season and had a 0.00 ERA in 17-2/3 innings, winning two games and saving one. —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024

Gale lionized the idea of the county sheriff as a protector of the ordinary citizen who had the power to call up posses or militias to root out communism, fight the desegregation of schools, and remove—or even execute—federal officials. —David Gilbert, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024

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