What does calling mean?

Definitions for calling
ˈkɔ lɪŋcall·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. career, calling, vocationnoun

    the particular occupation for which you are trained

Wiktionary

  1. callingnoun

    A strong urge to become religious.

  2. callingnoun

    A job or occupation.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Callingnoun

    Etymology: from call.

    If God has interwoven such a pleasure with our ordinary calling, how much superiour must that be, which arises from the survey of a pious life? Surely, as much as christianity is nobler than a trade. South.

    We find ourselves obliged to go on in honest industry in our callings. John Rogers.

    I cannot forbear warning you against endeavouring at wit in your sermons; because many of your calling have made themselves ridiculous by attempting it. Jonathan Swift.

    I left no calling for this idle trade,
    No duty broke, no father disobey’d. Alexander Pope.

    The Gauls found the Roman senators ready to die with honour in their callings. Jonathan Swift.

    It may be a caution to all christian churches and magistrates, not to impose celibacy on whole callings, and great multitudes of men or women, who cannot be supposable to have the gift of continence. Henry Hammond.

    St. Peter was ignorant of the calling of the Gentiles. George Hakewill, on Providence.

Wikipedia

  1. Calling

    Calling is the twenty-second single by B'z, released on July 9, 1997. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart. The song was used as a theme of TV drama Glass Mask, an adaptation of the famous shōjo manga of the same name. It sold 1,000,020 copies according to Oricon.

ChatGPT

  1. calling

    Calling can refer to a variety of things, depending on the context. In a general sense, calling can refer to a strong inner desire or conviction to pursue a particular vocation, profession, or life path. It reflects a sense of purpose and a feeling of being drawn or compelled towards a specific goal or mission. Calling can also refer to the act of making a phone call or reaching out to someone via a telephone or electronic communication device. This is typically done to communicate, convey information, or seek assistance. Additionally, in religious or spiritual terms, calling can refer to a divine summon or invitation to fulfill a higher purpose or serve a particular role within a religious or spiritual community. It often involves a sense of divine guidance or direction towards a specific path or mission.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Calling

    of Call

  2. Callingnoun

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

  3. Callingnoun

    a summoning or convocation, as of Parliament

  4. Callingnoun

    a divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called

  5. Callingnoun

    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

  6. Callingnoun

    one's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade

  7. Callingnoun

    the persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment

  8. Callingnoun

    title; appellation; name

Editors Contribution

  1. callingverb

    Verb form of the word call.

    The number they are calling is accurate and they connected easily.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 19, 2021  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'calling' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2604

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'calling' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2102

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of calling in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of calling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of calling in a Sentence

  1. Jamal Mubarak:

    Before the gunshots were heard, very strong floodlights turned the night into daylight, and then we heard loud explosions, the soldiers were calling on the house inhabitants to surrender and the speaker was clearly a Yemeni soldier.

  2. Nadav Mille:

    I got a call saying that we're not delivering to you tomorrow, or any time soon, so I started calling around, and I found what I needed at Whole Foods in Boston. And the next day I was in the car, and I spent twice as much as I would have at Sysco.

  3. Tayyip Erdogan:

    Europe's security and stability is contingent on our security and stability. They have accepted this now, oK. But how long have we been shouting and calling? In Turkey now there are 2.2 million Syrians alone.

  4. Ismail Haniyeh:

    We are not calling for war but we will not allow incursions at all, the resistance will not allow the establishment of a so-called buffer zone inside the borders of the Gaza Strip.

  5. Lindsey Graham:

    There are people wanting to call( Secretary of State Mike) Pompeo, they want to call( Vice President Mike) Pence, they want to call Hunter Biden, they want to call Hunter Biden. I am not in the camp of calling a bunch of witnesses, but that's just me, i am in the camp of basing my decision based on the record prepared in Trump White House.

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