call to

Verb

Meaning

(transitive) To tempt (someone or something); to beckon; to be difficult to resist.
I've been handling my diet okay, but french fries still call to me when I go out.

(transitive) To be caused to feel a spiritual urge to join the Catholic priesthood; to be fated to join the Catholic priesthood.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

greet accost high-five obsecrate obtest

Antonyms

dodge escape evade circumvent elude shirk
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Examples

Far in the pillared dark Thrush music went Almost like a call to come in To the dark and lament. But no, I was out for stars I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, And I hadn't been. Robert Frost

The Muslim call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset. Barack Obama

I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people. Mark Twain

Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand. African Zulu Proverb

The forest will answer you in the way you call to it. Finnish Proverb

Who has no intention to pray has no ears for the call to prayer. Turkish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

call them to order call time call time on call to account call to action call to arms