roll call


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roll call

n.
1. The reading aloud of a list of names of people, as in a classroom or military post, to determine who is present or absent.
2. The time fixed for such a reading.
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roll call

n
1. (Military) the reading aloud of an official list of names, those present responding when their names are read out
2. (Military) the time or signal for such a reading
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roll′ call`


n.
the calling of a list of names, as of soldiers or students, for checking attendance.
[1765–75]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.roll call - calling out an official list of namesroll call - calling out an official list of names
mail call - a call of names of those receiving mail
muster call - a call of the names of personnel at a military assembly
attendance check - a call of students' names in a classroom
utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
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Translations
vyvolávání jmen
navneopråb
nimenhuuto
prozivanje
点呼
점호
upprop
การขานชื่อ
điểm danh

roll call

nappello
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

roll call

تَفَقُّدُ الـحُضُور vyvolávání jmen navneopråb Namensaufruf προσκλητήριο lista nimenhuuto appel prozivanje appello 点呼 점호 appel opprop sprawdzanie obecności chamada перекличка upprop การขานชื่อ yoklama điểm danh 点名
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Despite their pale swollen faces and tattered uniforms, the hussars formed line for roll call, kept things in order, groomed their horses, polished their arms, brought in straw from the thatched roofs in place of fodder, and sat down to dine round the caldrons from which they rose up hungry, joking about their nasty food and their hunger.
Rochefort had returned to the Chevalier d'Humieres his fifty horsemen, less two, missing at roll call. But the chevalier was himself at heart a Frondist and would hear nothing said of compensation.
That time doth not run backward--that is its animosity: "That which was": so is the stone which it cannot roll called.
The line was reestablished with fresh men, the roll called, the stragglers were reformed.
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], Jan 1 ( ANI ): The decision of Gujarat government to replace traditional 'Yes Sir' or 'Present Sir' norm with 'Jai Hind' and 'Jai Bharat' to be said in response to the roll call in classrooms has gone down well with students and teachers, who say that the move invokes "the feeling of nationalism and patriotism."
Of the 7 roll call votes in the Senate, the position supported by NRLC prevailed on 4 of the votes.
class="MsoNormalThe roll call vote is quite popular in the US congress.
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When the name of PTI chairman called for signing the roll call register, all the member of PTI stood from their seats, accorded standing ovation to their leader, besides thumping the desks.