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calling [ˈkɔːlıŋ] N

1. calling:

calling
calling
I have a calling to become a teacher.

2. calling:

calling
calling
What calling do you follow?

calling card N Am

calling card → visiting card

See also visiting card

visiting card [ˈvızıtıŋ] N, calling card Am

visiting card [ˈvızıtıŋ] N, calling card Am

three-way calling N

I . call [kɔːl] VB trans

II . call [kɔːl] VB intr

1. call:

III . call [kɔːl] N

1. call:

trunk call N Brit

trunk call → long distance call

long-distance call N Am

long-distance call → trunk call

See also trunk call

trunk call N Brit

trunk call → long distance call

wake-up call N

2. wake-up call:

Usage examples with calling

What calling do you follow?
I have a calling to become a teacher.

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
They did not get on well, which resulted in several arguments between the two of them, one of which resulted in him calling her a haemorrhoid.
en.wikipedia.org
Basically their history, their calling card, is their body.
en.wikipedia.org
When the microphone is pulled out of the hang-up, the radio reverts to carrier squelch, (the selective calling feature is disabled).
en.wikipedia.org
The company offers prepaid and postpaid international calling cards.
en.wikipedia.org
But cold-calling politicians can be intimidating for some, she said.
www.thestar.com
Movie blog eatpraymedia gave the film four and a half stars, calling it... the perfect antidote to big budget movie making.
en.wikipedia.org
But simply calling all the candidates "populists," a catchall term for politicians who champion the common people against a privileged elite, doesn't explain much.
www.latimes.com
Someone inside of the locker is calling for help, and green goo starts pouring out of it.
en.wikipedia.org
And, death came calling in 1795 when he fell from his two-wheeled, two-horsed curricle.
www.thehindu.com
But the other scouts spread calumnies about the land, calling it one that devours its settlers.
en.wikipedia.org

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