call to order

verb

To formally signal the start of (a meeting or function or assembly or court).

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Meanings

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

present singular third person calls to order · participle present calling to order · participle past called to order · past called to order · alternative gavel to order · alternative bring to order

  1. transitiveTo formally signal the start of (a meeting or function or assembly or court).

Translations

Finnish avata
  • avatato formally signal the start of
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APA

call to order. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20to%20order

MLA

“call to order.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20to%20order. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “call to order,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20to%20order.

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