Definition of Calling

1. Noun. The particular occupation for which you are trained.


Definition of Calling

1. n. The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.

Definition of Calling

1. Verb. (present participle of call) ¹

2. Noun. A strong urge to become religious. ¹

3. Noun. A job or occupation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calling

1. a vocation or profession [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calling

calligram
calligrams
calligraph
calligraphed
calligrapher
calligraphers
calligraphic
calligraphical
calligraphically
calligraphies
calligraphist
calligraphists
calligraphy
callimiconinae
callin'
calling (current term)
calling-card
calling-cards
calling cards
calling in
calling into question
calling name
calling off
calling out
calling to mind
calling to order
calling together
calling up
callingly

Literary usage of Calling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society (1864)
"On the calling of the Sea, as indicating a succeeding direction of the Wind. BY RICHARD EDMONDS, JUN., ESQ. COMMUNICATED some observations on this subject ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"It is therefore obvious that the calling forth of the membrane formation in the egg starts the nuclein synthesis and the other processes of development, ..."

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