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What (who) is calling - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Calling (disambiguation); Calling (album); CALLING; Calling (song)
calling
(callings)
A calling is a profession or career which someone is strongly attracted to, especially one which involves helping other people.
He was a consultant physician, a serious man dedicated to his calling.
= vocation
N-COUNT: usu sing
Calling
·noun Title; appellation; name.
II. Calling ·noun A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.
III. Calling ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Call.
IV. Calling ·noun One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade.
V. Calling ·noun A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called.
VI. Calling ·noun The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment.
VII. Calling ·noun The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, ·esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.
VIII. Calling ·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.
calling
¦ noun a strong urge towards a particular way of life or career; a vocation.
?a profession or occupation.
Wikipedia
Calling
Calling may refer to:
- Religious calling, a religious vocation
- Effectual calling, a theological term
- Vocation, or occupation
- Audible animal communication, including mate calling and territorial threat sounds
- Game call, a device that is used to mimic animal communication noises to attract or drive animals to a hunter
Examples of use of calling
1. "We just kept calling and calling and calling and calling, but nothing," Jessica said.
2. When Sherry hadn‘t returned home by 7 p.m., the family started wondering where she was and calling her cell phone. We just kept calling and calling and calling and calling, but nothing,‘‘ Jessica said. She‘s stuck in traffic.
3. "I think that he should not be calling President Bush ‘devil.‘ President Bush should not be calling him ‘evil‘ or calling him ‘tyrant,‘" Jackson said.
4. HE STOPS CALLING." Miss Williams said her man "disappeared for a week" before finally calling her.
5. Barack‘s calling; she‘s calling," said Dodd, who is still on the fence.