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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of call form-of, participle, past

   "Near-synonym: named (verb)"

Adjective

1. 1
   Having been called. not-comparable

   "a called strike"

Synonyms

All synonyms

gonamedstyledtitledycalledycalled

Antonyms

All antonyms

uncalled

Example

More examples

"Rye was called the grain of poverty."

Related phrases

so-calledbe called

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