1. Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
   "He called up his friend to share the good news";
   - call, telephone, phone, ring
    
2. Call to arms; of military personnel
   "The government called up the reserves";
   - mobilize, mobilise [Brit], rally
    
3. Have and bring to mind a memory of something; bring back knowledge from memory
   "call up memories";
   - remember, retrieve, recall, call back, recollect, think
    
4. Bring forward for consideration
   "The case was called up in court";
   - bring forward
    
5. Cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively
   "clicking on the icon calls up the program"; "the author's description of the banquet called up delicious aromas";
   - summon

1. (military) an order to report for military duty
   "He received a call up notice for active service"

Derived forms: call ups, calling up, calls up, called up

See also: call

Type of: call, cerebrate, cogitate, create, make, raise, send for, summons, telecommunicate, think

Antonym: draw a blank

Encyclopedia: Call up