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Noun
/ˈkôliNG/,
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callings, plural;
  1. The loud cries or shouts of an animal or person
    • - the calling of a cuckoo
  2. A strong urge toward a particular way of life or career; a vocation
    • - those who have a special calling to minister to others' needs
  3. A profession or occupation
    • - he considered engineering one of the highest possible callings
  1. career: the particular occupation for which you are trained
  2. (call) a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"
  3. (call) name: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
  4. (call) a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"
  5. (call) ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful"
  6. (call) cry: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
  7. Calling is an EP released by Unsraw on March 28, 2007. The release is a limited release, having only two thousand copies pressed.
  8. Calling is the twenty-second single by B'z, released on July 9, 1997. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart. The song was used as a theme of TV drama Glass Mask, an adoption of shōjo manga. It sold over a million copies according to Oricon.
  9. Calling is Kobukuro's 8th album under Warner Music Japan, released on August 5, 2009. The song "Sayonara Hero" was written by Kentaro Kobuchi as a tribute to Kiyoshiro Imawano.
  10. In the game of poker, the play largely centers on the act of betting, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing. ...
  11. A calling, in the religious sense of the word, is a religious vocation (which comes from the Latin for "call") that may be professional or and, idiosyncratic to different religions, may come from another person, from a divine messenger, or from within oneself.
  12. Season two of Smallville, an American television series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, began airing on September 24, 2002, on The WB television network. ...
  13. A strong urge to become religious; A job or occupation
  14. (call) A telephone conversation; A social visit; A cry or shout; A decision or judgement; The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal; A beckoning or summoning; An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time; The act of calling to the other batsman; The state ...
  15. (callings) Invitations to accept an office or assignment in the Church; offices or assignments themselves.
  16. (Callings) The particular form that our entelechy is here to take in this lifetime, the gifts we are here to humanifest. It can be as complex as finding the cure for cancer, as simple as learning how to cook. Only soul knows the path it is here to walk.
  17. (Call) Invoking Divine forces.
  18. (Call) To bet an amount only equal to the previous bet. You must at least “call” other players bets to stay in the hand or you can raise, otherwise you must fold your hand. If no one before you makes a bet, you can also just “check” the hand and stay in the game until another player raises.
  19. (Call) a visit to a client or prospective buyer by a sales representative to gather information, make a sales presentation, secure an order, etc.
  20. (Call) the sound or saying by which members of some Greek lettered organizations greet their brothers or sisters or announce their location.
  21. (Call) In a metes and bounds description, the angle and distance of a given line or arc. Each call is usually preceeded by the word then or thence. Example: N 220 E 100' (lst. call), thence N 800 E 1W (2nd. call).
  22. (Call) Establishment of (or an attempt to establish) a voice or data connection between two endpoints, or between two points which provide a partial link (e.g. a trunk) between two endpoints.
  23. (Call) To put into the pot an amount of money equal to the most recent bet or raise. The term "see" (as in "I'll see that bet") is considered colloquial.
  24. (CALL (the)) Running position of horses in a race at various points.
  25. (call) 1. The period of time between the opening and closing of some future markets wherein the prices are established through an auction process. 2. ...