on call

prepositional phrase

Available to be summoned.

“Who is on call tonight?”

Similar
at call
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Meanings

prepositional phrase

alternative on-call

  1. Available to be summoned.

    Who is on call tonight?

    3 more examples

    1984-1986, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Know I cannot rely on him to do anything for me while recovering from my surgery. But Bridget & Maryellen are very willing to be on-call for me and even Jim/Kathleen are offering their place for me to come over.

    He spent the weekend on call and couldn't fully relax.

    Get the surgeon on call in here right now!

    Synonyms: at call

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseAvailable to be summoned.

Similar
at call

Translations

Catalan de guàrdia
  • de guàrdiaavailable to be summoned
Chinese Mandarin 值班
  • 值班 (zhíbān)available to be summoned
Danish på tilkaldevagt
  • på tilkaldevagtavailable to be summoned
Finnish päivystää
  • päivystääavailable to be summoned
French de garde
  • de gardeavailable to be summoned
German Bereitschaftsdienst habend, im Bereitschaftsdienst
  • Bereitschaftsdienst habendavailable to be summoned
  • im Bereitschaftsdienstavailable to be summoned
  • Bereitschaft habenavailable to be summoned
Hungarian készenlétben, ügyeletben
  • készenlétbenavailable to be summoned
  • ügyeletbenavailable to be summoned
  • készültségbenavailable to be summoned
Italian reperibile
  • reperibileavailable to be summoned
Polish na zawołanie
  • na zawołanieavailable to be summoned
Portuguese de sobreaviso, de plantão
  • de sobreavisoavailable to be summoned
  • de plantãoavailable to be summoned
Romanian de gardă
  • de gardăavailable to be summoned
Spanish de guardia, de turno
  • de guardiaavailable to be summoned
  • de turnoavailable to be summoned
  • disponibleavailable to be summoned
Swedish på jour, bakjour
  • på jouravailable to be summoned
  • bakjouravailable to be summoned
Cite this entry
APA

on call. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20call

MLA

“on call.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20call. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on call,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20call.

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