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call
  1. A telephone conversation.
  2. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
  3. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
  4. A cry or shout.
  5. A decision or judgement.
  6. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
  7. A beckoning or summoning.
  8. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
  9. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
  10. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
  11. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
  12. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
  13. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
  14. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
  15. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
  16. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
  17. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
  18. A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
  19. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
  20. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
  21. (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
  22. Synonyms:
  23. Examples:
    1. “I had just about made it out the door when a call from behind me drew my attention.”
      “The Red Crescent also issued a desperate call for help to world relief agencies.”
      “As a ranger, she was trained to identify the call of every species in the woods.”
callout
  1. (communication) Outward-bound telephone calls.
  2. (slang) An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another.
  3. (typography, graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
  4. A summons to someone designated as being on call.
  5. An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
  6. The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend.
  7. Examples:
    1. “So we launched a callout for people to submit their city's best idea... and got a huge response.”
      “For the front view, select the hole callout and drag the leader to another hole.”
      “By automatically adding a halo to a callout, you can create a mask behind the leader line to easily display callouts on top of other objects.”
callback
  1. The return of a situation to a previous position or state.
  2. (telephony) A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network.
  3. A product recall because of a defect or safety concern.
  4. (programming) A function pointer passed to another function that the latter can call for notification purposes.
  5. (theater) a follow-up audition (casting)
  6. (comedy) a joke which references an earlier joke in the same routine
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Every time the actor mentioned their character's fear of clowns, the audience erupted in laughter, recognizing the callback that brought back their favorite running joke.”
      “Delay options of 5, 10 or 30 minutes allow time for preparation to receive the callback.”
      “In this way, customers can request a voice Web callback from the agent if necessary.”
caller
  1. (telephony) The person who makes a telephone call.
  2. A visitor.
  3. (bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
  4. (programming) A function that calls another (the callee).
  5. A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.
  6. (dance) The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The caller arrived at the hotel for a short stay before continuing their journey.”
      “Whilst the caller talked about carpet cleaning he showed him his warrant card and asked to come in.”
      “The side door bell jangled alarmingly, and Cook was roused from her place by the fire. A caller?”
callee
  1. (telephony) The person who is called by the caller (on the telephone).
  2. (computing) A function called by another.
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is an alternative to a 0800 number where the callee bears the full cost of the call.”
      “The interpreter must provide for correctly resuming the caller when the callee has returned its value.”
      “Once the callee terminates, it cleans the stack that it has been locally using and pops the next value stored on top of the stack.”
callable
  1. (programming) An object of a type that can be called, such as a function.
  2. (finance) A callable bond.
call-out
  1. Alternative spelling of call out
  2. (graphic arts) A caption or label
  3. Examples:
    1. “He said they received an emergency call-out for windows to be boarded up and other repairs before any further problems at the site.”
      “A fire alarm in a property in the street sparked the emergency call-out, but upon arriving at the scene it became clear there was no fire.”
      “We have agreed to pay the call-out charge and we are meeting with them in the future to discuss protocol for any other similar situations.”
calling
  1. A strong urge to become religious.
  2. A job or occupation.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “In the valley below, I heard the calling of a group of chimpanzees.”
      “A plumber by profession, Tom was exceptionally gifted at his calling and his expertise was widely sought.”
      “That may be your calling as a citizen of this great nation, and we want to help you fulfill that calling.”
callability
  1. The state or condition of being callable.
callup
  1. Alternative spelling of call up
call-up
  1. Alternative spelling of call up
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Life with the rich and famous at Monaco came to end with his call-up for National Service.”
      “If Defoe builds on his superb Spurs debut, a call-up to the Euro 2004 squad may yet materialise.”
      “In fact, she only found out about the call-up after looking on the website of the sport's governing body.”
callbacks
  1. plural of callback
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “So far I have not had any callbacks, but I have not been aggressive in contacting them because I have been pretty sick lately.”
      “For example, a friend who is an actor has recently arrived in the city and is auditioning and getting callbacks like crazy.”
      “There were lots of murmurings about the various auditions that have been taking place and how no-one has heard anything about callbacks.”
call-outs
  1. plural of call-out
  2. Examples:
    1. “I also note that speed humps mean fewer crashes and so fewer call-outs for the emergency services.”
      “Since January 1998 firefighters in Northern Ireland have dealt with 1,749 civil disturbance call-outs.”
      “Housing bosses have offered gift tokens to staff to encourage them to cut the number of emergency call-outs being booked.”
callables
  1. plural of callable
call-ups
callings
  1. plural of calling
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Like in a trance, she stepped towards it subconsciously, her ear deaf to Lianda's callings.”
      “It is this kind of ecclesiology that will lead to a ministerial leadership and ecclesial structures that will equip believers for their callings.”
      “The energumens, who were exorcized daily, were prevented by the daily exorcisms and sweeping duties from pursuing their usual callings.”
callouts
  1. plural of callout
  2. Examples:
    1. “The customer did not have a support contract and I was fully booked for the day with callouts from fee-paying customers.”
      “In 2014 the station celebrated 150 years of service, during which period it made 940 callouts.”
      “Unlike connectors, however, callouts don't adjust when the related object is moved or resized.”
callees
  1. plural of callee
callups
  1. plural of callup
callers
  1. plural of caller
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “To pry away those younger callers, Virgin is playing on their wariness of complicated plans and hidden fees.”
      “The public are reminded that on no account should any details of their credit card be supplied to callers, no matter how plausible they may be.”
      “For a moment I toyed with presenting myself as a wanton temptress with a dozen regular gentlemen callers and a bedside drawer full of Mates.”
calls
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