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Word · 単語
to call
  1. 1 to call, to name
  2. 2 to call oneself ..., to go by the name of ...
  3. 3 to purport (to be), to profess, to claim, to pretend, to feign
  4. 4 to praise, to applaud
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· examples

  • I call architecture frozen music.

    sense 1 · to call

  • He called himself an Edison of Japan.

    sense 2 · to call oneself ...

  • Up till now America has called itself the world's police and continued suppression relying on military force.

    sense 3 · to purport (to be)

  • The vagabond, when rich, is called a tourist.

    sense 1 · to call

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