roll call

Noun

Meaning

calling out an official list of names

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

roll-call

Synonyms

canon assembly program list account call census rota table vote meeting brief appeal arrangement index
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Antonyms

remove bar disorder dispute ban veto
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Hypernyms

utterance vocalization

Hyponyms

muster call attendance check mail call

Examples

The names of those who were incarcerated on Robben Island is a roll call of resistance fighters and democrats spanning over three centuries. If indeed this is a Cape of Good Hope, that hope owes much to the spirit of that legion of fighters and others of their calibre. Nelson Mandela

At the roll call of your life, at the end of your life, what really matters is who did you love and who did you offer love to. Oprah Winfrey

A large roll call area, where prisoners were assembled and counted several times a day, was located just west of the main entrance. Source: Internet

And it raises the possibility even further that Joe Biden will be nominated as his party’s standard-bearer without the traditional roll call vote from thousands of delegates across 57 U.S. states and territories. Source: Internet

After roll call, individual and collective punishments were meted out, depending on what had happened during the day, before the prisoners were allowed to retire to their blocks for the night and receive their bread rations and water. Source: Internet

Along with the week's roll call votes, the Senate also passed the Veterans COMPACT Act. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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