first call

Opening alert signal

First call is a bugle call in the military signaling that another call—typically reveille or assembly—will follow shortly.

It serves as a warning to prepare.

The term extends to any preliminary alert or initial summons: First call for boarding at gate twelve.

In bars, first call announces that closing time approaches and last orders are being taken.

priority

urgent

Needing immediate attention

paramount · essential · imperative · pressing · foremost · primary · top-priority · vital · crucial · dibs

bugle

reveille

Military dawn summons

military · army · cavalry · trumpet · signal · assembly · formation · drill · camp · soldier

beginning

starting

Initiating an action

  • launchSet into motion
  • onsetStarting point of something
  • outsetInitial point of something

genesis · inception · origin · commencement · dawn · kickoff · debut · initiation · threshold · advent

military

draft

Preliminary version of text

activation · deployment · service · duty · obligation · summons · induction · reserves · muster · reporting

Categories
Opposites
priority/order of selection

first calllast resort

Final available option

last call · waitlist · backup · second choice · last pick

timing in sequence

first calllast call

Pre-closing drink announcement

final notice · curtain call · endgame

military/bugle calls (daily schedule)

first calltaps

Light repeated touches

last call · lights out · last post · retreat · recall

Family

first, call, firsts, firstly, calls, called, calling, caller, callers

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G