calling
Meaning of calling
noun
- the action or sound of calling.
the calling of a cuckoo
- a strong urge towards a particular way of life or career; a vocation.
those who have a special calling to minister to others' needs
- cry out (a word or words).
he heard an insistent voice calling his name
Meredith was already calling out a greeting
late Old English ceallian, from Old Norse kalla ‘summon loudly’.
Information about calling
- The plural form of calling is: callings.
- Languages in which calling is used:
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Hyphenation of calling
call-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- calling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
calling synonyms
Meaning career:
Meaning the vocation or calling of a religious organization, especially a Christian one, to go out into the world and spread its faith:
Meaning a cry made as a summons or to attract someone's attention:
Meaning an order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing such an order:
Meaning shout or scream, typically to express fear, pain, or grief:
Meaning (of a person) utter a loud cry, typically as an expression of a strong emotion:
Meaning shout in a loud, sharp way:
Meaning give or make a whoop:
Meaning shout something with a deep loud roar:
Meaning (of a lion or other large wild animal) utter a full, deep, prolonged cry:
Meaning cry or shout ‘halloo’ to attract attention or to give encouragement to dogs in hunting:
Meaning shout or call out noisily and unrestrainedly:
Meaning give a long, loud, piercing cry or cries expressing extreme emotion or pain:
Meaning utter a high-pitched piercing sound or words, especially as an expression of terror, pain, or excitement:
Meaning (of a person or animal) give a loud, harsh, piercing cry:
Meaning cry out suddenly in surprise, strong emotion, or pain:
Meaning give a loud shout or cry:
Meaning make a call to attract attention:
Meaning (of a man or male animal) eject semen from the body at the moment of sexual climax:
Meaning shout, complain, or argue loudly or vehemently:
Words that rhyme with calling
Ling, Coaling, Ealing, annealing, antiwhaling, appealing, autodialing, avaling, backpedaling, baling, bealing, berascaling, canaling, capitaling, charcoaling, coaling, concealing, congealing, countersealing, craaling, credentialing, crystaling, dealing, descaling, dialing, downscaling, embaling, empaling, ensealing, equaling, exhaling, fealing, foaling, forepaling, gealing, gimbaling, goaling, haling, healing, impaling, inhaling, initialing, instealing, interdealing, intervaling, journaling, keelhaling, kraaling, lateraling, localing
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