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

Breyer ordered the president to relinquish control of the Guard, though only temporarily, and noted that future call-ups could still be legally justified under different circumstances. —Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025

The initial call-up of more than 4,000 service members had dwindled to several hundred by late October, with roughly 100 still stationed in the area. —Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025

Verb

Many professional wrestling experts were also under the belief that Femi should be called up to the main roster soon. —Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025

But Aurora City Council called up that decision -- a move that requires a public hearing, where council will decide whether to uphold or overturn the approval. —Tori Mason, CBS News, 6 Dec. 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