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anrufen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
  • invoke verb To call on something, such as a rule, law, or higher power, for support or justification.
  • phone noun A device used to talk to someone over a distance, especially a mobile device that also runs apps.
  • ring noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
  • telephone verb To call someone or pass on information using a phone.

Senses

anrufen is used for these senses in English:

  • call (ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.
  • call (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
  • invoke (transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
  • phone (ambitransitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.
  • ring (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
  • telephone (ambitransitive) To (attempt to) contact someone using a telephone.

call — full definition

  1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
  2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
  3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
  4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
  5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

invoke — full definition

  1. verb To call on something, such as a rule, law, or higher power, for support or justification.
  2. verb Computing: to cause a program, function, or command to run.

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