call to

verb

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.”

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Meanings

verbcall to (third-person singular simple present calls to, present participle calling to, simple past and past participle called to)

present singular third person calls to · participle present calling to · participle past called to · past called to

  1. transitiveTo 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.

  2. transitiveTo be caused to feel a spiritual urge to join the Catholic priesthood; to be fated to join the Catholic priesthood.
Cite this entry
APA

call to. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20to

MLA

“call to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20to. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “call to,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20to.

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