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calling definition

call·ing (kôl′iŋ)

noun

  1. the action of one that calls
  2. one's occupation, profession, or trade
  3. an inner urging toward some profession or activity; vocation

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calling Synonyms

calling

n.

occupation, vocation, mission, métier; see job 1, profession 1.


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calling Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • banns: There is a small fee for the calling of banns.

Converse of object

  • heed: Through the ages, people have heeded a calling to sacred places within and without.

Adjective modifier

  • unmetered: In addition, various media reports have highlighted the demand for unmetered local calling.

Modifies a noun

  • convention: This limitation applies only to the standard portable calling convention.

Noun used with modifier

  • name: The name calling started within 24 hours with their own set of contacts.
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calling quotes

Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

-Bible (NewTestament)

Fate tried to conceal him by calling him Smith.

-Holmes, Oliver Wendell

These, in the day when heaven was falling, The hour when earth's foundations fled, Followed their mercenary calling And took their wages and are dead.

-Housman, A(lfred) E(dward)

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