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Princeton's WordNet

  1. call-outverb

    a challenge to a fight or duel

  2. exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shoutverb

    utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy

    "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"

  3. call outverb

    call out loudly, as of names or numbers

  4. call outverb

    challenge to a duel

    "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"

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  1. call-outnoun

    (graphic arts) A caption or label

Wikipedia

  1. call-out

    In publishing, a callout or call-out is a short string of text connected by a line, arrow, or similar graphic to a feature of an illustration or technical drawing, and giving information about that feature. The term is also used to describe a short piece of text set in larger type than the rest of the page and intended to attract attention. In documents that need to be translated often a neutral callout is used. By using numbers or letters as callout in combination with an image caption, translation is more efficient since the same graphic can be used in all languages. A similar device in word processing is a special text box with or without a small "tail" that can be pointed to different locations on a document.In the utility industry, a callout is an instruction to report for emergency or special work at an unusual time or place.

ChatGPT

  1. call-out

    A call-out is an act of directly addressing or drawing attention to something or someone. It can refer to various contexts, including design and layout, where it refers to a short string of text, typically enclosed in a box or highlighted in some way, that's separated from the main text to draw attention; in performing arts and music, where it refers to a moment where a performer directly addresses or interacts with the audience; in online discourse, where it refers to publicly criticizing or pointing out someone’s problematic behavior. In workplaces, it also refers to instances when employees inform their employers that they can't attend work.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of call-out in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of call-out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of call-out in a Sentence

  1. Gordon Chang:

    China would not have voted for these sanctions if they thought they were going to be effective, the best thing the Trump administration can do is call out the Chinese for transferring ballistic missile equipment to North Korea, and sanction Chinese banks—the big ones that are involved in money laundering.

  2. Mary Howitt:

    God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race - to enlarge our hearts; and to make us unselfish and full of kindly sympathies and affection; to give our shoulds higher aims; to call out all our faculties to extended enterprise and exertion and to bring round our firesides bright faces, happy smiles, and loving, tender hearts. My soul blesses the great Father, every day, that he has gladdened the earth with little children

  3. Mauri Melander Friestleben:

    We purposefully call out and lift up historically non-represented voices of color in our spaces to hold weight and power.

  4. Drew Wright:

    I put a call out on social media for like-minded women to join me, and I thought it would be a small group of women, close to home, but the requests flooded in. Our first meeting in November 2016 had like 90 people, and some of them drove over an hour to get there.

  5. President Obama:

    I'm proud to call the next honoree a friend as well, the truth is a lot of people say that about Taylor Swift. That's what happens when you spend four decades telling people,' Just call out My Name, and I'll come running.'.

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