ca'

[ kah, kaw ]

/ kɑ, kɔ /

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verb (used with or without object) Scot.

to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.

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Origin of ca'

Variant of call

Words nearby ca'

c, C1, C2, C3, C4, ca', CAA, Caaba, cab, cabal, cabala

Other definitions for ca' (2 of 7)

Symbol, Chemistry.

calcium.

Other definitions for ca' (3 of 7)

abbreviation

California (approved especially for use with zip code).

chronological age.

Other definitions for ca' (4 of 7)

ca-

variant of ker-.

Other definitions for ca' (5 of 7)

ca.

abbreviation

cathode.

centiare.

Also ca (with a year) about: ca. 476 b.c.

Origin of ca.

(def. 3) <Latin circā

Other definitions for ca' (6 of 7)

C/A

or c/a

capital account.

cash account.

credit account.

current account.

Other definitions for ca' (7 of 7)

C.A.

abbreviation

Central America.

chartered accountant.

Accounting. chief accountant.

Coast Artillery.

commercial agent.

consular agent.

controller of accounts.

current assets.

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How to use ca' in a sentence

“Then I learned he can't spell and is a manager at a CPK,” she said.
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Now it can't open on my phone due to what appears to be software incompatibility.
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So when he told me, 'You can come to my show, but you can't come to see Phoebe, and you can't come to see Riccardo, that was odd.
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“Sorry I can't give you more, but at this time our office has no comment,” his spokesman, Sergio Gor, said.
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Capra is sorry he can't attend but wants both Hitch and Alma to know he is thinking of them.
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Not a word now,” cried Longcluse harshly, extending his hand quickly towards him; “I may do that which can't be undone.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
It will be a busy session; and I want to see if I can't become a useful public man.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Terror drives you on; fate coerces you; you can't help yourself, and my delight is to make the plunge terrible.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
"But I can't stop to argue about it now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
He can't talk much, though; 'tain't good fur him; his lungs is out er kilter.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for ca' (1 of 5)

the internet domain name for

Canada

British Dictionary definitions for ca' (2 of 5)

the chemical symbol for

calcium

British Dictionary definitions for ca' (3 of 5)

abbreviation for

California

Central America

chartered accountant

chief accountant

consular agent

(in Britain) Consumers' Association

British Dictionary definitions for ca' (4 of 5)

ca.

abbreviation for

circa

Word Origin for ca.

Latin: about

British Dictionary definitions for ca' (5 of 5)

C/A

abbreviation for

capital account

credit account

current account

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Scientific definitions for ca'

The symbol for calcium.