roll call

plural roll calls · alternative rollcall · alternative roll-call

1. The reading aloud of a list of names, and subsequent responses, in order to determine who is present or absent.

   take roll call

   1. governmentA quorum call.
   2. The time of day fixed for such an event.
2. broadlyThe subset of those members of a specific group who are present or available out of the full set of all the members of said group.

   It’s an astonishing roll call of future talent from when they were still young and hungry in Manhattan.

   2022 November 23, Hadley Freeman, “Like a cinema virgin: how Madonna went stratospheric making Desperately Seeking Susan”, in The Guardian

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   On paper, the Japanese had come out on top of the engagement; granted, Hiei had taken a worrying level of damage, but Kirishima was still intact, the light cruiser Nagara and four destroyers were likewise good to go, and four more were damaged but operational. Apart from Hiei, only three destroyers were missing from the roll call.

   2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 23:24 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2022

present singular third person roll calls · participle present roll calling · participle past roll called · past roll called · alternative rollcall · alternative roll-call

1. transitiveTo read aloud from a list of names, in order to determine who is present or absent.