называ́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
• christen verb To baptise someone, especially a baby, and give them a name in a Christian ceremony.
• designate verb To officially choose or name someone or something for a particular role or purpose.
• name noun A word or phrase used to identify a specific person, place, or thing.

Senses

называ́ть is used for these senses in English:

• call To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
• christen (transitive, by extension) To name.
• designate To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description

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.

christen — full definition

1. verb To baptise someone, especially a baby, and give them a name in a Christian ceremony.
2. verb To name something or use it for the first time.

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