Calling

/ˈkɔːlɪŋ/

Synonyms for "calling" (155 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Noun(7 words)

vocation career appellation beckoning call carrere chirruping

ambitionapostolic ordersappellation appointment area art aspiration baptism basis beckbeck and callbid biddance bidding business callcalling forthcanonization careercareer building

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careerism cause challenge christening

Strong matches (47)

conferment consecration consideration convocation craft definition denomination designation duty election employmentengraved invitationevocation game goal groundguiding lightguiding starhandicraftholy orders

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ideal identification indent induction inspiration installation institution intention investiture invitation invite invocation job

Noun(14 words)

convocations convokingcry outdemand denominate designate designation destiny dialing invocation invoking labellife purpose orientedlife work

Related words (77)

lifework lineline of businessline of worklodestar mainspringmajor ordersmatter metierminor ordersmission motive mystery naming nicknaming nod nomination number occupation ordainment

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order orders ordination practice preconization preferment presentation principle profession province pursuit racketreading inreason requisition sake score source specialization specialty spring styling summons task terming tradeulterior motivevisitation vocation walkwalk of lifework

Noun(24 words)

ministrymétiermétiersname naming necessitate phone phoning profession requirering upshout summon summoning summons telephone telephoning term visitation visiting

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visitsvocation relatedvocations yell

Verb(1 words)

summonsing

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5 relation types

More general

22 entries

act business communication designationfunctional attributeidentification joblegal actionlineline of worklinguistic referencenaming necessitation occupationoccupational descriptorprocedural step

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More specific

30 entries

arts vocationcall for actioncall for reformcalling careercalling functioncalling methodcalling professioncalling rolecalling routinecalling sitecalling workconference callcourt summonscry outepithetjury summons

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Collocations

16 entries

calling cardcalling conventioncalling for actioncalling functioncalling programcalling routinecalling sequencecalling sitecalling to servicedivine callinglife workprofessional callingreligious callingsense of callingspiritual callingvocational calling

Inflections

5 entries

called callings callsmore callingmost calling

Derivations

6 entries

_callablecall callable called callings recall

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sven was so verbose that his friends resorted to calling him a chatterbox.

Source: tatoeba (1939)

Now I have to leave, they're calling for my flight.

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I heard someone calling me from a distance.

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Stop calling me names. That'll do you no good.

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