clarion

clarion call

A call to action. The mayor's clarion call to eliminate poverty in the city prompted a number of local organizations to work together to address the problem.

a clarion call

(literary)

a strong and clear request for people to do something (often + for ) The charity commission's clarion call for more donations has produced an immediate response. (often + to ) Her unification speech was seen as a clarion call to party members.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sanel	-	Croatian
Mee	[mi:]
Talib	-	Arabic
Carme (1)	KAR-me (Galician)	Galician, Catalan
LÉOnne	-	French
Alexander	a-lig-ZAN-dər (English), ah-lek-SAHN-der (German), ah-lək-SAHN-dər (Dutch), AW-lek-sawn-der (Hungarian)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient