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CALLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The particular occupation for which you are trained
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("calling" is a kind of...):
business; job; line; line of work; occupation (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calling"):
specialisation; specialism; speciality; specialization; specialty (the special line of work you have adopted as your career)
lifework (the principal work of your career)
walk; walk of life (careers in general)
business life; professional life (a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities)
Derivation:
call (order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb call
Context examples:
He described how this bird had another remarkable habit: it led men to bees’ nests by calling and flying from tree to tree.
(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
They’re calling it Zealandia in a nod to the largest part of the continent that is above water, New Zealand.
(Researchers Argue for Eighth Continent: Zealandia, VOA)
Long after this, a man was making his way through the wood when he heard a raven calling, and he followed the sound of the voice.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Researchers at George Washington University, led by Stuart Licht, think they have developed a novel solution, and they're calling it the "molten air battery."
(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)
Sometimes it involves direct attacks such as hitting, name calling, teasing or taunting.
(Bullying, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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(Cancer Information Service, NCI Dictionary)
I had remained behind, for, indeed, I had already made up my mind that I had no calling for this fashionable life.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I seem to hear a hundred trumpets, all calling in chorus.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I ran to him at once, calling to my mother.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He was a middle-sized man, coarsely clad as became his calling, with a coloured shirt protruding through the rent in his tattered coat.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
