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

Chaffin argued the documents cited by the administration to justify the call-up were inadequate. —Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025

But Cardwell and Regenda put themselves in position for a call-up. —Eric Stephens, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025

Verb

There was no official announcement from Washington that the California National Guard was being called up and sent to Oregon, just as was the case when Illinois’ governor made a similar announcement Saturday about troops in his state being activated. —Danny Bakst, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025

Three of those Tampa Bay players — Sabourin, Schmidt and Duke — were among six players the Lightning called up from their AHL affiliate hours before puck drop. —Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 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