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roll call

  • /ˈɹoʊl ˌkɑl/ US
  • /ˈɹəʊl ˌkɔːl/ UK
  • [ˈɹɒʊl ˌkɔːl] UK

noun roll calls · rollcall · 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
  2. A quorum call.
  3. The time of day fixed for such an event.
  4. broadly 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. 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

verb roll calls · roll calling · roll called · rollcall · roll-call

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

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noun reading of a list of names and responses

Españolpase de lista, chequeo de nómina/planilla/acudimiento, chequeada de nómina/planilla/acudimiento
中文點名 /点名 diǎnmíng
Portuguêschamada
Françaisappel, appel nominal
DeutschAppell
Italianoappello
Ελληνικάπροσκλητήριο prosklitírio
Românăprezenta
Русскийперекли́чка pereklíčka, сбор sbor
العربيةتَفَقُّد tafaqqud, تَفَقُّدات tafaqqudāt
עבריתמפקד, מִפְקָד

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Españolpasar lista

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@misc{roll_call_2026,
  title = {roll call},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roll%20call},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}