roll call
UK /ˈɹəʊl ˌkɔːl/ · US /ˈɹoʊl ˌkɑl/ noun, verb
Forms roll calls roll calling roll called rollcall roll-call
- noun The reading aloud of a list of names, and subsequent responses, in order to determine who is present or absent. “take roll call”
- noun (politics) A quorum call.
- noun The time of day fixed for such an event.
- noun (by extension) The 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.
- verb (transitive) To read aloud from a list of names, in order to determine who is present or absent.
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