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

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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

The 23-year-old has represented her country at every youth level and received her first call-up to Sarina Wiegman’s senior squad in April 2024. —Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025

No matter how many times the Chargers have to shuffle their secondary with rookies, practice squad call-ups and mid-season signings, James remains their defensive trump card. —Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025

Verb

Other big names are missing from the January camp, and Hayes has once again used this to call up six uncapped players. —Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025

But that doesn’t necessarily mean that Tuchel won’t call up any new faces in 2025. —Steve Price, Forbes, 7 Jan. 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