to call forth
7
4.9
- phrasal verb
- /kɔl fɔrθ/
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provocar
- The teacher's encouragement called forth a greater effort from the students.
- calls forth a response
- call forth courage
- imagination calls forth
The stars are riveting, and they also, shall we say, call forth speculation.
- The stars are riveting, and they also, shall we say, call forth speculation.
- I also want to say that there are specific contexts and specific relationships that call forth different principles of justice.
- And he calls forth a passage from the pages of Whitby where the man almost waxed poetic.
- And the more that society is ready for that, the more it will be called forth in Bobby Kennedy as well.
- But I would not say that the question, the so-called practical question about what contributions do we want to call forth.
- The world, the rescue from it, the place that needs to be reached, it is all called forth by Her presence.
Examples
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May this food, so fresh and fragrant, call forth reverence for you in our souls.
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Accordingly, President Washington called forth militia from Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Academic text (2000) -
God calls forth the past.
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It's a way in which absence calls forth the living essence of other people.
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Well, is there something in the nature of television that calls forth characters like this periodically?
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His title suggested the vision of a united humankind that called forth such hope.
Academic text (1991) -
I begged him to stop, for fear of what we might accidentally call forth.
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To reinscribe the past within narrative, of course, calls forth the historian's historical imagination.
Academic text (1991) -
Attention to neurasthenia in the 1880s called forth new concern for the adequacy of sleep.
Academic text (1996) -
The cranes were only feathery agents for her, catalysts that called forth the enduring love of a long lifetime.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To cause something to happen or create a change
426
4.5
To start something such as a project or discussion
203
3.0
To make something happen
168
5.3
Cause a process, event, or feeling to start
131
3.7
To make someone feel a strong emotion
126
7.9
To make something appear as if by magic
115
3.7
Cause a reaction or feeling
81
3.5
Cause something, often a sickness or a bad feeling, to start
71
4.8
To bring a memory, image, or feeling to mind
68
9.1
To cause a spirit or dead person to come, often by magic
49
3.5
Make something happen
46
6.1
To cause something to happen
40
6.2
To bring a memory to mind or make something seem to appear by magic
26
6.9
To make a feeling or situation start
23
7.7
Ask a spirit or god for help, often using a ritual
16
4.1
To produce or show something new for others to use
4
8.6
To make something happen, for example a plan or change
2
5.3
Make something start or appear, often like magic
A reaction that comes from something that makes someone feel something
Ask a spirit or magic power to come and act
Antonyms
How Strong
∞
1.0
203
3.0
422
4.2
7
4.9
115
3.7
71
4.8
∞
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to cause something to appear or happen' is directly compositional from 'call' (to summon or bring) plus 'forth' (into view/notice), so the sense of 'bringing something out' is predictable. This follows a regular English verb + particle pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Call forth comes from a simple image: someone uses call to bring people forth, that is, forward into view. So today call forth means 'to cause something to appear or happen', like a speech that brings out strong feelings.