be called
Verb
Meaning
be called (third-person singular simple present is called, present participle being called, simple past was called, past participle been called)
To have a specific name.
Synonyms
Examples
Absent a great vaccine scenario, it may well be that we are in for what can be called a protracted Covid scenario, given a less durable vaccine might mean having to manage mass inoculations every few months.
Accordingly that which is everywhere accepted as the supreme manifestation of deity, by whatever name it may be called, I term God.
According to him, soil should be called the "daily" or outward horizons of rocks regardless of the type; they are changed naturally by the common effect of water, air and various kinds of living and dead organisms.
A boy hugs his father as he waits to be called to enter the schoolyard the Marie-Derome School in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. on Monday, May 11, 2020.
A baptism in which some liquid that would not usually be called water, such as wine, milk, soup or fruit juice was used would not be considered valid.
According to different definitions, the thumb can be called a finger, or not.