What is the meaning of "call" in this sentence?
The only space that employee call their own is typically a bin or locker where they can keep their personal belongings.
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You could also use claim or name instead of call
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Hello,
In this context it means the only space an employee can claim or describe as his own.
I'd write it like this:
The only space that employees call their own is typically a bin or locker where they can keep their personal belongings.
Hope that helps,
Martha
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The expression is "call their own".
"Call" used in this way means to accept, to acknowledge, to feel the stated relationship with.
This house is not so great, but I call it my own.
This house is not so great, but I call it home.
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