call to order
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call to order (third-person singular simple present calls to order, present participle calling to order, simple past and past participle called to order)
- (transitive) To formally signal the start of (a meeting or function or assembly or court).
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- “call to order”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “call to order”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “call somebody something to order” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.