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

So far, the army has not issued call-up orders for reserve soldiers to bolster mission. —Itay Stern, NPR, 14 Aug. 2025

Moran’s call-up also completes an improbable return to the majors. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2025

Verb

Right-hander Dom Hamel was called up Monday to take his spot. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025

Poulin, a lefthander who pitched for the Huskies from 2016-18 and with the Yard Goats from 2021-22, was called up by the Washington Nationals on Monday. —Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 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