Calling

Word CALLING
Character 7
Hyphenation call ing
Pronunciations /ˈkɔːlɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Calling"

What do we mean by calling?

An inner urge or a strong impulse, especially one believed to be divinely inspired. noun

An occupation, profession, or career. noun

The act of summoning; a call or summons. noun

The act of convoking or assembling. noun

An invitation. noun

The profession, trade, occupation, or employment to which one is called by aptitude, necessity, etc.; usual occupation, profession, or employment; vocation. noun

Name; appellation; title. noun

Synonyms Pursuit, business, etc. See occupation. noun

Clamant; crying

The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one. noun

A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament. noun

A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called. noun

A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies. noun

One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade. noun

The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment. noun

Title; appellation; name. noun

Present participle of call. verb

A strong urge to become religious. noun

A job or occupation. noun

The particular occupation for which you are trained noun

(heading) To use one's voice.

(heading) To visit.

(heading) To name, identify or describe.

(heading) Direct or indirect use of the voice.

(sometimes with for) To require, demand.

To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.

To demand repayment of a loan.

To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Calling

The word "calling" in example sentences

Yonder, behind the forests, he heard strange sounds; then glinting through the trees he saw, far, far away, the bronzed hosts of a nation calling, —calling faintly, calling loudly. ❋ William Edward Burghardt (1903)

The father went calling, _calling_ the name of his boy. ❋ John Kline (1830)

For example: a label calling for a one-teaspoon dose packaged with a cup marked in milliliters. ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

In 2007 a black woman in Canada purchased a couch from a store in Toronto and upon being delivered, her 7-year-old daughter spotted the label calling out the color as "Nigger-Brown." ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

Mushroom would have to remain its more manageable intriguing self, a word calling out to be loved for its divisibility. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

What is not acceptable is the name calling and hate mongering. ❋ Jeff Wald (2011)

I have so many less than lady like things I want to say about you, but I've decided to leave the name calling to all the not so happy people who have said you're a shallow, overrated, attention seeking, sad, pathetic, pointless, money hungry human. ❋ Stacie Krajchir (2011)

Since his arrival home on Friday, President Saleh hasn't made a public appearance, but the state-run news agency issued a statement in his name calling for a comprehensive cease fire between government and opposition forces. ❋ Hakim Almasmari (2011)

I could handle the fact that my hips made me invisible to my crushes and that I violated every law of popularity, but to be ordinary was a fate worse than the name calling my overachieving rendered. ❋ Casey McGrath (2011)

Looking more carefully at the EOA, the term calling out the 180 days is actually in Sec. ❋ Unknown (2006)

From that moment to this, Bobby Thomson and the Brooklyn Dodgers would be forever linked, the mere mention of his name calling forth in every Dodger fan instant recognition, comradeship, a memory of where they were, how they felt. ❋ Doris Kearns Goodwin (1997)

I know it's frustrating - I LOVE calling someone a name when I think they are behaving like an 'A$$' but then, if I was trying to have someone honestly consider my point of view, the name calling shuts that down and there is no decent dialogue. ❋ Unknown (2011)

However, the final straw came when Moscow suddenly demanded the withdrawal of a phrase calling on Mr Assad to withdraw his tanks and artillery from the streets - to which he had in fact agreed as far back as November under the first Arab League peace plan. ❋ Richard Spencer (2012)

Yea, lets keep the name calling and accusations a one sided thing....never admit failure. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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