Roll Call
Congressional news outlet
Roll call is the practice of reading names aloud from a list to determine who is present, typically in classrooms, military formations, or legislative bodies.
When your name is called, you respond to confirm attendance.
The term extends to any systematic accounting of members or participants: The senator missed the roll call vote.
A roll call can also refer to the list itself or to a roster of notable members: a roll call of twentieth-century jazz greats.
List of members
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- headcountTotal of individuals present
- musterAssemble for inspection
- presenceState of being somewhere
absence · tally · checklist · verification · accounting · counting · names · response
Formal choice expression
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- senatorsUpper legislative body members
- representativesThose acting for others
Congress · chamber · floor · ayes · nays · motion · proceedings · speaker
Morning check-in classroom
- attendanceRecord of who's present
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- teacherOne who instructs others
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
desk · seating · roster · names · respond · absent · tardy · excuse
Assemble for inspection
- formationCreation or arrangement
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
reveille · sergeant · platoon · troops · regiment · drill · orders · ranks
Ceremonial set of actions
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
remembrance · recitation · solemn · procession · reading · names · fallen · commemoration
roster
List of members
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- headcountTotal of individuals present
- musterAssemble for inspection
presence · absence · tally · checklist · verification · accounting · counting · names · response · answering
vote
Formal choice expression
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- senatorsUpper legislative body members
representatives · Congress · chamber · floor · ayes · nays · motion · proceedings · speaker · gavel
homeroom
Morning check-in classroom
- attendanceRecord of who's present
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- teacherOne who instructs others
period · desk · seating · roster · names · respond · absent · tardy · excuse · substitute
muster
Assemble for inspection
- formationCreation or arrangement
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- paradeCeremonial public procession
barracks · reveille · sergeant · platoon · troops · regiment · drill · orders · ranks · assembly
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
tribute · remembrance · recitation · solemn · procession · reading · names · fallen · commemoration · observance
Roll Calldismissal
Removal from position
desertion · absence · adjournment · dispersal · no-show
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mass media · mainstream media · local news · tabloid · entertainment news
call, roll, recall, calling, called, rolled, rolling, unroll, enroll