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Meanings
- to call, to name
- to call oneself ..., to go by the name of ...
- to purport (to be), to profess, to claim, to pretend, to feign
- to praise, to applaud
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Example sentences
He calls himself an expert, but in reality he has little experience.
That organization claims to engage in charitable activities, but its true nature is opaque.
By calling herself an artist, she tried to gain a certain social standing.
That individual, claiming to be a doctor, had been fraudulently taking money from patients.
Many of the figures who have been called heroes since ancient times have been reevaluated by later generations.
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