kalla — 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.
- origin noun The point where something begins or comes from.
- reference noun A mention of, or connection to, something else.
- root noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.
- source noun The place, person, or thing that something originates from.
- spring noun The season between winter and summer, when plants begin to grow again.
- well adv In a good, skillful, or satisfactory way.
Senses
kalla is used for these senses in English:
- call (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
- call To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
- origin The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
- reference (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
- root (figurative) The primary source; origin.
- source The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
- spring (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- well A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
call — full definition
- verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
- verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
- verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
- noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.
origin — full definition
- noun The point where something begins or comes from.
- noun A person's ancestry or background.