call a meeting

Meaning

This expression means to officially organize, schedule, and invite people to a business meeting. It is typically used by managers, team leaders, or organizers when an important issue needs to be discussed. The tone is professional and active, indicating that the meeting is necessary and has been formally requested.

Examples

• The project manager decided to call a meeting to address the sudden budget cuts.

  The project manager decided to call a meeting to address the sudden budget cuts.

• If we can't resolve this issue over email, we might have to call a meeting.

  If we can't resolve this issue over email, we might have to call a meeting.

• She called an emergency meeting after the client rejected our initial design proposal.

  She called an emergency meeting after the client rejected our initial design proposal.

• I'll call a quick stand-up meeting tomorrow morning to assign the final tasks.

  I'll call a quick stand-up meeting tomorrow morning to assign the final tasks.

• Why did the CEO call a meeting with the marketing team so late on a Friday?

  Why did the CEO call a meeting with the marketing team so late on a Friday?

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We need to make a meeting to discuss this.

  ✓ We need to call a meeting to discuss this.

  Learners often use 'make' or 'do' instead of the natural collocation 'call' when they want to organize and host a meeting.

• ✗ The manager called for a meeting next week.

  ✓ The manager called a meeting next week.

  While 'call for a meeting' is grammatically possible (meaning to demand one), 'call a meeting' is the standard collocation for actually scheduling and organizing it.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The director decided to ___ to discuss the quarterly sales targets.

  💡 To officially organize and invite people to a discussion.

  Show answer

  call a meeting

• We don't need to ___ just to discuss a simple email update.

  💡 Set up an official discussion.

  Show answer

  call a meeting