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

Fifteen years ago, aged 17, Dowell was a promising full-back in the Worthing under-18s and pushing for a first-team call-up. —Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025

Semmel, 23, is on the Angels' lineup card Tuesday as a minor-league call-up for their Cactus League game against the Cincinnati Reds. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025

Verb

At 13:35 of the second, Devils forward Timo Meier caught Jackets defenseman Dante Fabbro flat-footed in the neutral zone and raced around him for a clean look on Columbus goaltender Jet Greaves, who was called up Sunday from AHL Cleveland. —Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025

At 16 years old, Moultrie won an NWSL Championship with the Portland Thorns, and at 17, she was called up to play with the U.S. Women’s National Team. —Caroline Fitzgerald, Forbes, 18 Mar. 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