Call and Require

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Call verb - To request the doing of by virtue of one's authority.

Usage example: the union president is refusing to call a strike

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Require is a synonym for call in demand or announce action topic. In some cases you can use "Require" instead a verb "Call".

Nearby Words: calling, called, caller, callback, callable

Require verb - To have as a requirement.

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Call is a synonym for require. Sometimes you can use "Call" instead a verb "Require".

person	call person	require person
attention	call attention	require attention
character	call character	require character
people	call people	require people
Other words: someone, number, team, time, characters, player, shots.

Some forms of street basketball, such as H.O.R.S.E., require the player to call their shot.

Source: Calling Your Shots
My Goddess, Keichi's and Megumi's parents require them to call them by names rather than "Mom" and "Dad".

Source: Hey, You!
In Peanuts, Schroeder whistles Beethoven's F minor sonata to call Snoopy in; the Musical Gag is that this would require whistling two notes at once.

Source: Musical Gag

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