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

The search for a new member could introduce a new character to the main roster, potentially a call-up from NXT, or see an existing superstar repackaged to align with Green's faction. —Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025

Bryce Eldridge is getting his call-up. —Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025

Verb

Less than two weeks later he was called up by the Giants and set to appear in his first major league game against the Texas Rangers. —Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025

A week after calling up top prospect Bryce Eldridge, the Giants have another prospect joining the big league team — albeit in a more limited capacity. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 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