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вы́зов — meaning in English

vyzov

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English meaning

  • call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
  • challenge noun A task or situation that tests someone's abilities in a demanding but often rewarding way.
  • citation noun A reference to a source of information, given to credit where it came from, especially in academic writing.
  • invocation noun The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
  • shot noun The firing of a gun, or the result of firing it.
  • summons noun A formal order to appear somewhere, especially in court.

Senses

вы́зов is used for these senses in English:

  • call (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
  • callout An instance of being summoned to visit a certain place in order to provide assistance; an instance of summoning someone who is on call.
  • challenge A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
  • challenge (legal, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
  • citation An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
  • invocation (chiefly, law) A call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order.
  • shot A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
  • summons A call to do something, especially to come.

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.

challenge — full definition

  1. noun A task or situation that tests someone's abilities in a demanding but often rewarding way.
  2. noun An invitation to a contest, or a questioning of something's validity.
  3. verb To dispute or question something, or to invite someone to a contest.

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