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, it was made clear, did not include the international window running from June 2-10 but gave clubs the ability to make sure their players could not be deemed ineligible due to international call-ups. —Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 May 2025

Like father, like son The eldest son of soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has earned his first call-up for the Portugal Under-15 national squad. —Jade Walker, CNN Money, 8 May 2025

Verb

He’s already been called up to the majors twice in his career, including once earlier this season, but didn’t play in any games after those promotions. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025

Yelena calls up satellite photos and zooms in on the ship. —Eliana Dockterman, Time, 2 May 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