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

That rookie season came after Holmes, 28, toiled nearly a decade in the minors without a big-league call-up. —David O'Brien, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024

With Alexander Mattison and Zamir White out with injuries, 10th-year veteran Ameer Abdullah and practice-squad call-up Sincere McCormick found some lanes behind an offensive line group starting together for the second straight time. —Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024

Verb

Fremaux added that each film screening is preceded by the director being called up to the microphone to introduce his or her work. —Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024

The Wild also added two players from their Iowa AHL affiliate, calling up forward Liam Ohgren and goalie Jesper Wallstedt. —Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 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